Bioethics' rise, decline, and fall / Bernard J. Ficarra.

Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, [2002], ©2002.

xxxiv, 386 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [359]-386).

Introduction -- Brief history of bioethics -- Energetic bioethics -- Dignity of human nature preserved -- Truth telling in medicine -- Communication science's ethical responsibility -- Firmness versus weakness in bioethics -- The song of death -- Bioethics in practice -- Life and death ethical decisions -- Malevolence in bioscience -- Respect for human life -- Feminist approaches to bioethics -- Fetology -- Fetal tissue research -- Ethical challenges in genetics -- Embryo stem cell research -- Cloning -- Experiments on human beings -- Managed medicine -- Misconduct in research -- Junk science -- Fraudulent publications -- Laboratory approach to humanity -- Incomplete research before human use -- Reuse of disposable medical equipment -- Endorsement and prescribing drugs -- Refusal to treat -- Respect for patient's autonomy -- Advocagenic and iatrogenic illnesses -- Spoilation of medical evidence -- Medical commercialism -- Bioethics and legal medicine -- Physicians as witnesses -- Compliance with government medical guidelines -- Physicians union -- Science and religion -- Bioethics and moral theology -- Epilogue.