Comparative empirical bioethics : dilemmas of genetic testing and euthanasia in Israel and Germany /: dilemmas of genetic testing and euthanasia in Israel and Germany. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Aviad E. Raz, Silke Schicktanz.
• Authors: Raz, Aviad E, 1968-; Schicktanz, Silke
• Contents: 1 Introduction: Engaging in Comparative Bioethics.-2 Setting the Methodological Scene: The Value of Explication and Pluralization of Moral Grammars.-3 Applying the Theoretical Tools: Being Affected, Responsibility, and Risk.-4 Contextualizing the Cultural and Medico-Legal Debate on Adult Genetic Testing.-5 Making Responsible Life Plans: Cultural Differences in Lay Attitudes in Germany and Israel towards Predictive Genetic Testing for Late-Onset Diseases.-6 Planning One's End of Life in an Expert Biomedical Culture.-7 Lay Attitudes towards End-of-Life Decision-Making in Germany and Israel.-8 Risks and Responsibilities: Making Plans for Life and Death.-9 Final Conclusion: Disentangling the Micro and the Macro in Bioethics.
• Publisher Details: Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 616.042; Philosophy; Human chromosome abnormalities -- Diagnosis -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Israel; Human chromosome abnormalities -- Diagnosis -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Germany; Euthanasia -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Israel; Euthanasia -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Germany; Bioethics; HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / General; MEDICAL / Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL / Diseases; MEDICAL / Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL / Internal Medicine; Bioethics; Euthanasia -- Moral and ethical aspects; Human chromosome abnormalities -- Diagnosis -- Moral and ethical aspects; Medical -- Ethics; Medical -- Genetics; Bio-ethics; Medical genetics; Ethics; Medical ethics; Human genetics; Philosophy -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Ethics & moral philosophy; Germany; Israel; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319327334; 3319327313; 9783319327310
• Related ISBNs: 331932733X; 9783319327310
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 24, 2016).
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