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Military Medical Ethics for the 21st Century
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ABSTRACT
As asymmetric ’wars among the people’ replace state-on-state wars in modern armed conflict, the growing role of military medicine and medical technology in contemporary war fighting has brought an urgent need to critically reassess the theory and practice of military medical ethics. Military Medical Ethics for the 21st Century is the first full length, broad-based treatment of this important subject. Written by an international team of practitioners and academics, this book provides interdisciplinary insights into the major issues facing military-medical decision makers and critically examines the tensions and dilemmas inherent in the military and medical professions. In this book the authors explore the practice of battlefield bioethics, medical neutrality and treatment of the wounded, enhancement technologies for war fighters, the potential risks of dual-use biotechnologies, patient rights for active duty personnel, military medical research and military medical ethics education in the 21st Century.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
PART I BATTlefIeld eThIcs
chapter 1|26 pages
Military Medical Ethics: Experience from Operation Iraqi Freedom
chapter 2|16 pages
The Doctrine of Double Effect, Utilitarianism and the Treatment of Civilian Casualties
chapter 4|15 pages
The Limits of Impartial Medical Treatment during Armed Conflict
chapter 6|14 pages
Revisiting Medical Neutrality as a Moral Value and as a Doctrine in International Law
part |2 pages
PART II MIlITARy MedIcAl eThIcs And new TechnologIes
chapter 7|14 pages
Enhanced Warfighters: A Policy Framework
chapter 8|12 pages
Refusing to Be All That You Can Be: Regulating against Forced Cognitive Enhancement in the Military
part |2 pages
Part III: Patient Rights, Research Ethics and Military Medical Ethics Education