About the Book
The second edition of Bioethics: Introduction to History, Methods, and Practice provides readers with a sophisticated introduction to bioethics.? It is well suited for advanced undergraduate and graduate students who plan to pursue careers in ethics and healthcare. It is also a useful resource and a comprehensive reference for professionals. Although the second edition of Bioethics retains the unique three-pronged approach used in the first edition, covering the history, the methods, and the practice of bioethics, it differs in key aspects. Part I: Now emphasizes the early writing of bioethicists. Part II: Now focuses more sharply on case-based ethical reasoning. Part III: Now presents solely clinical ethics. Several new articles delve into cultural issues, feminist perspectives, global health issues, and other recent empirical contributions to bioethics. Discussions of contemporary ethical debates are also examined, including a comparison of the 2005 case of Terri Schiavo to the first right-to-die case of Karen Ann Quinlan in 1975. The second edition of Bioethics: Introduction to History, Methods, and Practice is the only text of its kind to provide a solid introduction to ethics from three distinct perspectives. About The Author Nancy S. Jecker, PhD - University of Washington, Washington Nancy S. Jecker is a philosopher and Professor of Ethics at the University of Washington School of Medicine, Department of Medical History and Ethics, where she also holds appointments in the Department of Philosophy and School of Law. Dr. Jecker has authored over 100 articles and chapters on ethics and health care, which have appeared in The Journal of the American Medical Association, the Hastings Center Report, The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, and other publications. Dr. Jecker has conducted research as a visiting scholar at the Stanford University Center for Biomedical Ethics, the Georgetown University Kennedy Institute of Ethics, the Hastings Center, the Princeton University DeCamp Program in Ethics and the Life Sciences, and was twice awarded Rockefeller Resident Fellowships, by the University of Texas Medical Branch Institute for Medical Humanities and the University of Maryland Center for Philosophy and Public Policy. Albert R. Jonsen, PhD - University of Washington, Washington One of the pioneers in the field of bioethics, Albert R. Jonsen, Ph.D, is Professor Emeritus of Ethics in Medicine in the Department of Medical History and Ethics, University of Washington, Seattle. He chaired the department from 1987-1998. He came to the University of Washington from the School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, where he had been Chief of the Division of Medical Ethics since 1972. Prior to that, he was President of the University of San Francisco, where he taught in the Departments of Philosophy and Theology. Robert A. Pearlman, MD, MPH - University of Washington, Washington Adjunct Professor in Medical History and Ethics at the University of Washington, Seattle, Robert A. Pearlman, MD, MPH, was a Lecturer at Emory University School of Medicine, Division of Allied Health in 1977, and subsequently was an Acting Instructor, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, 1978-1980. He was a member of the Associated University Physicians, 1978-1982, and a Clinical Instructor in the Department of Medicine, University of Washington, from 1981-1983. He was an Adjunct Instructor in Health Services at the School of Public Health at the University of Washington, 1981-1983, and Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, University of Washington, 1983-1988. Table of Contents Part I: The History of Bioethics Section 1: The Emergence of Bioethics as Discipline and Discourse Section 2: Cultural Assumptions in the History of Bioethics Part II: The Methods of Ethical Analysis Section 1: The Challenge of Ethical Relativism Section 2: The Methods of Philosophy, Casuistry, and Narrative Section 3: The Challenge of Using Methods in Clinical Settings Section 4: Cultural Assumptions in Bioethical Methods Part III: The Practice of Bioethics Section 1: Ethical Topics at the Beginning of Life Section 2: Ethical Topics at the End of Life Section 3: Cultural Assumptions in the Practice of Bioethics
