Case Studies in Biomedical Ethics: Decision-Making, Principles, and Cases.

The most comprehensive and up-to-date collection of its kind, Case Studies in Biomedical Ethics: Decision-Making, Principles and Cases, Second Edition, explores fundamental ethical issues arising from real-life situations faced by healthcare professionals, patients and others. Featuring a wide range of more than 100 case studies drawn from current events, court cases and doctors' experiences, the book is divided into three parts. Part 1 presents a basic framework for ethical decision-making in healthcare, while Part 2 explains the relevant ethical principles: beneficence and non-maleficence, justice, respect for autonomy, truthfulness, fidelity and avoidance of killing. Parts 1 and 2 provide readers with a foundation for analysing the ethical dilemmas presented in Part 3, which presents cases on a wide range of issues, including abortion, mental health, human experimentation, the right to refuse medical treatment and many others.