Taking sides. Clashing views on controversial bioethical issues / edited, selected, and with introductions by Carol Levine.

Guilford, Conn. : McGraw Hill/Dushkin Pub. Group, [2001], ©2001.

xxiv, 380 pages ; 24 cm

9th ed.

Is informed consent still central to medical ethics? -- Can family interests ethically outweigh patient autonomy? -- Are some advance directives too risky for patients? -- Should physicians be allowed to assist in patient suicide? -- Is it ethical to withhold the truth from dying patients? -- Should doctors be able to refuse demands for "futile" treatment? -- Should abortions late in pregnancy be banned? -- Should pregnant women be punished for exposing fetuses to risk? -- Should adolescents make their own life-and-death decisions? -- Do parents harm their children when they refuse medical treatment on religious grounds? -- Should genes for human diseases be patented? -- Should human cloning be banned? -- Should information from genetic testing be available to employers and insurers? -- Should parents always be told of genetic-testing availability? -- Should animal experimentation be permitted? -- Is sham surgery ethically acceptable in clinical research? -- Should health insurance be based on employment? -- Should health care for the elderly be limited? -- Should patient-centered medical ethics govern managed care? -- Should there be a market in body parts? -- Should doctors-in-training be unionized?

Includes bibliographical references and index.