Published December, 2009
By Raymond J. Devettere
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
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Addresses topics such as partial-birth abortion law, embryonic stem cell research, infant euthanasia in The Netherlands, Vatican statements on feeding tubes, organ donation after cardiac death, developments in artificial hearts, clinical trials developed by pharmaceutical companies to market new drugs, and HIV/AIDS research in Africa.

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Published September, 2009
By Andrea L. Bonnicksen
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
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Helps you to understand reasons behind support of and disdain for interspecies research in such areas as chimerism, hybridization, cross-species embryo transfer, and transgenics. This title highlights two claims critics make against early interspecies studies: that the research can violate human dignity and that it can lead to procreation.

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Published March, 2009
By James B. Tubbs
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
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The term bioethics was first used in the early 1970s by biologists who were concerned about ethical implications of genetic and ecological interventions, but was soon applied to all aspects of biomedical ethics, including health care delivery, research, and public policy. This book features over 400 entries on the significant to the field.

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Published July, 2008
By Gerard William Boychuk and Gerard W. Boychuk
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
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After World War II, the US and Canada struck out on divergent paths to public health insurance. This work probes the historical development of health care in each country, honing in on the social and political aspects of each country, and the politics of race in the US and territorial politics in Canada.

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Published September, 2007
By David Novak
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
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Acknowledges that it is impossible not to take into account the theological view of human life, but the challenge is how to present the religious perspective to non-religious people. This work shows that the two positions - the theological and the philosophical - aren't as far apart as they may seem.

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Published September, 2007
By Ronald P. Hamel, James J. Walter, Myles N. Sheehan, American Academy of Neurology, Michael R. Panicola and Donald E. Henke
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Presents twenty-one essays and articles that reflect the spectrum of perspectives on the issues that define the Catholic debate. Suitable for students and scholars, this volume invites theological dialogue and ethical discussion on one of the most contested issues in the church.

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Published September, 2007
By Michael K. Gusmano and Colleen M. Grogan
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
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Why do so many advocates remain silent on key issues they care about and how does that silence contribute to narrowly defined policies? What can individuals and organizations do to amplify their privately expressed concerns for policy change? This title addresses these questions through the lens of state-level health care advocacy for the poor.

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Published June, 2007
By Mary J. McDonough
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Drawing on Catholic social teachings from St Augustine to Pope John Paul II, this title reviews health system successes and failures from around the world and assesses market approaches to health care as proposed by leading economists such as Milton Friedman, Regina Herzlinger, Mark Pauly, and Alain Enthoven.

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Published May, 2007
By Edmund D. Pellegrino, Lawrence J. Prograis, Kevin Fitzgerald, Ezra E. H. Griffith, J. L. A. Garcia, Annette Dula, Patricia A. King, Cheryl J. Sanders and Reginald Peniston
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Do people of differing ethnicities, cultures, and races view medicine and bioethics differently? And, if they do, should they? This book explores how medicine and ethics accommodate differing cultural and racial norms, suggesting profound implications for growing minority groups in the United States.

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Published May, 2007
By Edmund D. Pellegrino, Lawrence J. Prograis, Kevin Fitzgerald, Ezra E. H. Griffith, J. L. A. Garcia, Annette Dula, Patricia A. King, Cheryl J. Sanders and Reginald Peniston
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Do people of differing ethnicities, cultures, and races view medicine and bioethics differently? And, if they do, should they? This book explores how medicine and ethics accommodate differing cultural and racial norms, suggesting profound implications for growing minority groups in the United States.

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