Contemporary issues in bioethics / edited by Tom L. Beauchamp & LeRoy Walters.

Belmont, CA : Wadsworth Pub., [1999], ©1999.

xiv, 786 pages ; 24 cm

5th ed.

Pt. I. Introduction to ethics -- Ch. 1. Ethical theory and bioethics -- Pt. II. Patient-professional relationships -- Ch. 2. Rights and responsibilities -- Ch. 3. The management of medical information -- Pt. III. The beginning and end of life -- Ch. 4. Abortion and maternal-fetal relations -- Ch. 5. Euthanasia and assisted suicide -- Pt. IV. Access to health care -- Ch. 6. Justice in the distribution of health care -- Pt. V. Biomedical research and technology -- Ch. 7. Research involving human and animal subjects -- Ch. 8. Eugenics and human genetics -- Ch. 9. Reproductive technologies and surrogate parenting arrangements -- Pt. VI. Public health -- Ch. 10. The global AIDS epidemic.

Includes bibliographical references.