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Introduction To Ethics | |
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Ethical Theory and Bioethics | |
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Fundamental Problems | |
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The Study of Morality | |
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Moral Dilemmas and Disagreements | |
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The Problem of Relativism | |
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Moral Justification | |
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Types of Ethical Theory | |
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Utilitarian Theories | |
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Kantian Theories | |
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Contemporary Challenges to Traditional Theories | |
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Virtue Ethics | |
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The Ethics of Care | |
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Casuistry | |
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Ethical Principles | |
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Respect for Autonomy | |
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Beneficence | |
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Justice | |
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Law and Policy | |
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Ethics and Public Affairs | |
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Morality and Law | |
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Legal and Moral Rights | |
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Law, Authority, And Autonomy | |
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Justice and Autonomy in Health Care | |
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Justice in Access to Health Care | |
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Introdcution | |
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Just Health Care and the Right to Health Care | |
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"Is There a Right to Health Care and, if so, What Does it Encompass?" | |
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"Justice, the Basic Social Contract, and Health Care." | |
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"The Right to a Decent Minimum of Health Care." | |
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"Rights to Health Care." | |
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Managed Care and Access to Care | |
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"Securing Health or Just Health Care?: The Effect of the Health Care System." | |
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"Managed Care: How Economic Incentive Reforms Went Wrong." | |
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"Managed Care: Rationing without Justice, But Not Unjustly." Rationing | |
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"''Rationing'' Health Care: Not All Definitions are Created Equal." | |
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"Rationing Fairly: Programmatic Considerations." | |
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"Just Caring: Oregon, Health Care Rationing, and Informed Democratic Deliberation." | |
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Autonomy Rights and Medical Information | |
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Introduction | |
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The Confidentiality of Medical Information | |
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"Confidentiality in Medicine - A Decrepit Concept." | |
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California Supreme Court, Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California | |
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"AIDS, Confidentiality, and the Right to Know." Truth Telling and Disclosing Bad News | |
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"Telling the Truth to Patients: A Clinical Ethics Exploration." | |
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"Disclosure of a Diagnosis to Children and Adolescents When Parents Object | |
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Informed Consent | |
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United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, Cantebury v. Spence | |
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"Physicians and Patients: A History of Silence." | |
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"The Concept of Informed Consent." | |
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"Informed Consent: Some Challenges to the Universal Validity of the Western Model." | |
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Refusal of Treatment | |
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California Court of Appeals, Second District, Bouvia v. Superior Court | |
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United States Supreme Court, Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health | |
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Advance Directives | |
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"Advance Care Planning as a Process: Structuring the Discussions in Practice." | |
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"Advance Directives: The Next Generation." | |
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Life and Death | |
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End-of-Life Decisionmaking | |
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Introduction | |
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The Right to Die | |
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"A Right to Choose Death?" | |
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"Is There a Right to Die?" | |
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The Legal Background in the United States | |
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The Oregon Death With Dignity Act | |
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United States Supreme Court, Vacco v. Quil and Washington v. Glucksberg | |
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The Supreme Court of California, Wendland v. Wendland | |
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The Moral Foundations of Public Policy on Physician-Assisted Death | |
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"Voluntary Euthanasia under Control?: Further Empirical Evidence from the Netherlands." | |
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"Slippery Slopes in Flat Countries: A Response." Palliation and Other Alternatives to Physician-Assisted Death | |
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"An Alternative to Physician-Assisted Suicide." | |
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"Palliative Options of Last Resort." | |
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Abortion and Maternal-Fetal Relations | |
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Introduction | |
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The Problem Justifying Abortion | |
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"Why Abortion is Immoral." | |
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"A Defense of Abortion." | |
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"The Morality of Abortion." | |
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"On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion." | |
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Legal Issues | |