Medical Ethics

Written by: Philip A. Pecorino, Ph.D. (Queensborough Community College)

The author says they are class notes. They read like a textbook. Queensborough Community College philosophy professor Philip A. Pecorino hopes that his work will cause you to think and think critically about the moral dilemmas encountered by those conducting medical research and actively participating in the health care system.

Pecorino recommends that students read the first six chapters in order. The remaining chapters discuss specific topics within the study of Medical Ethics and may be reviewed in any order.

The website, where this text can be found, also offers discussion topics, a bibliography and links to other online resources.

Table of Contents for Medical Ethics Textbook

  1. Introduction
    1. Case Presentations
    2. Social Context
    3. Presentation of Issues
    4. Readings
    5. Decision Scenarios
    6. Additional Resources
  2. Ethical Traditions
    1. Overview
    2. Mores, Law and Morality
    3. Moral Development
    4. Relativism
    5. Post Modernism: Normative Ethical Relativism
    6. Ethical Theories
    7. Teleological Theories
    8. Utilitarianism
    9. Deontological Theories
    10. Natural Law Theory
    11. Categorical Imperative
    12. Justice as Fairness
    13. Post Modernism
    14. Final Advice on Deciding on an Ethical Principle
    15. Decision Scenarios
    16. Additional Resources
  3. The Moral Climate of Health Care
    1. Case Presentations
    2. Social Context
    3. Presentation of Issues
    4. Role of PATIENT
    5. Five Major Moral Principles in Health Care
    6. Readings
    7. Decision Scenarios
    8. Additional Resources
  4. Professionalism, Elitism and Health Care
    1. Case Presentations
    2. Social Context
    3. Presentation of Issues
    4. Readings
    5. Decision Scenarios
    6. Additional Resources
  5. Ethics and Nursing
  6. Rights, Truth and Consent
  7. Human Experimentation
  8. Abortion
  9. Severely Impaired Newborns, Futility and Infanticide
  10. Care of the Dying
  11. Deliberate Termination of Life and Physician Assisted Suicide: Aid in Dying
  12. Genetics: Intervention, Control and Research
  13. Reproduction: Assistance and Control Issues
  14. Ethnicity, Race and Gender Issues
  15. HIV and AIDS: Related Issues (to be completed)
  16. The Allocation of Resources: Scarcity and Triage (to be completed)
  17. A Claim of a Right to Health Care

Note: Beginning with Chapter 4, all of the sub-chapters share the same titles. For conciseness, I have not included them for chapters 5-17.

   

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