书名: The Ethics of Medical Research on Humans
作者: Claire Foster (Author)
出版社: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (October 22, 2001)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0521645735
ISBN-13: 978-0521645737
Book Description
One of the most difficult problems that confronts clinicians and medical professionals is how to apply ethical principles to real decisions affecting patients. In this even-handed book, Foster examines the three main approaches to moral decision-making: goal-based, duty-based and rights-based. She examines the underlying philosophical arguments behind each, their relative strengths and weaknesses, and how they can actually be applied. She also looks at the problematic boundaries where best practice ends and experimentation begins. Is it ethical to experiment with new cures on people who are probably dying anyway? And how do you assess quality of consent? This book provides a thorough, non-partisan grounding in what the ethical principles are and what informs them. It is an invaluable preparation both for a researcher being interviewed by an ethics committee and for the people sitting on the committee, and will be essential reading for all medical decision-makers.
Review
"This is an excellent book that clearly benefits from the expertise of its author...beautifully written in a cohesive, open, inclusive and accessible style...an invaluable resource." -- Nursing Ethics
"Foster's wide base of ethics, philosophy and religion are all called into play in this book, making it compelling reading for anyone who thinks deeply about the research they are undertaking.... to read this book was illuminating and frankly inspirational.... Any book that makes me stop in my reading, read a section again, then look into the middle distance in deep analytical thought as this one did must be good for the ageing little grey cells. I recommend it." -- Pharmaceutical Physician
"This book is beautifully written. The language is lucid, ambiguous, direct and unaffecting. The reader cannot avoid being repeatedly simulated and made to question assumptions and prejudices." -- Family Practice
"The case studies provide a useful training tool ... it is invaluable." -- Modern Law Review
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作者: Claire Foster (Author)
出版社: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (October 22, 2001)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0521645735
ISBN-13: 978-0521645737
Book Description
One of the most difficult problems that confronts clinicians and medical professionals is how to apply ethical principles to real decisions affecting patients. In this even-handed book, Foster examines the three main approaches to moral decision-making: goal-based, duty-based and rights-based. She examines the underlying philosophical arguments behind each, their relative strengths and weaknesses, and how they can actually be applied. She also looks at the problematic boundaries where best practice ends and experimentation begins. Is it ethical to experiment with new cures on people who are probably dying anyway? And how do you assess quality of consent? This book provides a thorough, non-partisan grounding in what the ethical principles are and what informs them. It is an invaluable preparation both for a researcher being interviewed by an ethics committee and for the people sitting on the committee, and will be essential reading for all medical decision-makers.
Review
"This is an excellent book that clearly benefits from the expertise of its author...beautifully written in a cohesive, open, inclusive and accessible style...an invaluable resource." -- Nursing Ethics
"Foster's wide base of ethics, philosophy and religion are all called into play in this book, making it compelling reading for anyone who thinks deeply about the research they are undertaking.... to read this book was illuminating and frankly inspirational.... Any book that makes me stop in my reading, read a section again, then look into the middle distance in deep analytical thought as this one did must be good for the ageing little grey cells. I recommend it." -- Pharmaceutical Physician
"This book is beautifully written. The language is lucid, ambiguous, direct and unaffecting. The reader cannot avoid being repeatedly simulated and made to question assumptions and prejudices." -- Family Practice
"The case studies provide a useful training tool ... it is invaluable." -- Modern Law Review
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