ABSTRACT
The Routledge Companion to Bioethics is a comprehensive reference guide to a wide range of contemporary concerns in bioethics. The volume orients the reader in a changing landscape shaped by globalization, health disparities, and rapidly advancing technologies. Bioethics has begun a turn toward a systematic concern with social justice, population health, and public policy. While also covering more traditional topics, this volume fully captures this recent shift and foreshadows the resulting developments in bioethics. It highlights emerging issues such as climate change, transgender, and medical tourism, and re-examines enduring topics, such as autonomy, end-of-life care, and resource allocation.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |68 pages
Justice and Health Distribution
part |78 pages
Bioethics Across Borders
part |36 pages
Intellectual Property and Commodification
part |92 pages
Research
part |64 pages
Autonomy and Agency
part |94 pages
Reproduction
part |78 pages
End-of-Life and Long-Term Care
chapter |12 pages
From the Persistent Vegetative State to the Minimally Conscious State
part |83 pages
Embodiment