The basics of bioethics / Robert M. Veatch.

Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, [2003], ©2003.

xvii, 205 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

2nd ed.

A map of the terrain of ethics -- The Hippocratic oath and its challengers : a brief history -- Defining death, abortion, and animal welfare : the basis of moral standing -- Problems in benefitting and avoiding harm to the patient -- The ethics of respect for persons : lying, cheating, and breaking promises and why -- The principle of avoiding killing -- Death and dying : the incompetent patient -- Social ethics of medicine : allocation of resources, transplantation, and human subjects research -- Human control of life : genetics, birth technologies and modifying human nature -- Resolving conflicts among principles -- The virtues in bioethics.

Includes bibliographical references and index.