Bioethics in a liberal society the political framework of bioethics decision making /

May, Thomas, 1964-

Bioethics in a liberal society the political framework of bioethics decision making / [electronic resource] : Thomas May. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002. - ix, 135 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [127]-131) and index.

Patient autonomy -- Patient autonomy and informed consent -- Patient responsibility for decision making -- Advance directives: extending autonomy for patients -- Professional rights of conscience -- Beneficence, abandonment, and the duty to treat -- Rights of conscience in the physician-patient relationship.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Medical ethics.
Bioethics.
Liberalism.


Electronic books.

R724 / .M278 2002

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