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Bioethics Research Library EthxWeb Search Results Search Detail: Result=@YD >= "20080000" 2=(("2.1"[PC]) AND (Y.BL.)) NOT ((EDITORIAL OR LETTER+) OR (NA[PT]) OR NEWS) 3=2 AND 1 : " Documents: 1 ­ 325 of 355 * Document 1 Barry, Vincent BIOETHICS IN A CULTURAL CONTEXT: PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, HISTORY, POLITICS Boston: Wadsworth, 2012. 435 p. * Document 2 Tuell, Ra'ufa Sherry ISLAMIC APPROACHES TO PATIENT CARE: MUSLIM BELIEFS AND HEALTHCARE PRACTICES FOR CAREGIVERS Beltsville, MD: Amana Publications, 2011. 206 p. Call number: BP166.72 .T84 2011 * Document 3 Cole­Turner, Ronald, ed. TRANSHUMANISM AND TRANSCENDENCE: CHRISTIAN HOPE IN AN AGE OF TECHNOLOGICAL ENHANCEMENT Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2011. 219 p. Call number: BT741.3 .T73 2011 * Document 4 Austriaco, Nicanor Pier Giorgio BIOMEDICINE & BEATITUDE: AN INTRODUCTION TO CATHOLIC BIOETHICS Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2011. 327 p. Call number: QH332 .A97 2011 * Document 5 Chadwick, Ruth F.; Have, Henk ten; and Meslin, Eric Mark THE SAGE HANDBOOK OF HEALTH CARE ETHICS: CORE AND EMERGING ISSUES Los Angeles/London: SAGE, 2011. 454 p. Call number: R724 .S237 2011 * Document 6 Van Norman, Gail A.; Jackson, Stephen; Rosenbaum, Stanley H.; and Palmer, Susan K., eds. CLINICAL ETHICS IN ANESTHESIOLOGY: A CASE­BASED TEXTBOOK Cambridge Cambridge University Press, 2011. 298 p. * Document 7 Dubler, Nancy N. and Liebman, Carol B. BIOETHICS MEDIATION: A GUIDE TO SHAPING SHARED SOLUTIONS Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press, 2011. 320 p. Call number: R723.5 .D83 2011 * Document 8 O'Rourke, Kevin D. and Boyle, Philip J. MEDICAL ETHICS: SOURCES OF CATHOLIC TEACHINGS Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2011. 332 p. Call number: R725.56 .O75 2011 * Document 9 Purtilo, Ruth B. and Doherty, Regina F. ETHICAL DIMENSIONS IN THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS St. Louis, MO: Elsevier / Saunders, 2011. 424 p. Call number: R724 .P82 2011 * Document 10 Bramstedt, Katrina A. and Jonsen, Albert R. FINDING YOUR WAY: A MEDICAL ETHICS HANDBOOK FOR PATIENTS AND FAMILIES Munster, IN: Hilton Publishing Company, 2011. 121 p. Call number: R724 .B685 2011 Document 11 Arda, Berna and Rispler­Chaim, Vardit, eds. ISLAM AND BIOETHICS Ankara [Turkey]: Ankara Üniversitesi [Ankara University], 2011. 268 p. Call number: R725.59 .I85 2010 Document 12 Arawi, Thalia The ethics of the Muslim physician and the legacy of Muhammad (SAW) JIMA: Journal of the Islamic Medical Association 2011; 43(1): 35­38 [Online]. Accessed: http://jima.imana.org/article/view/7124/43_1­6 [2011 May 27] Georgetown users check Georgetown Journal Finder for access to full text http://jima.imana.org/ (link may be outdated) Document 13 Cummiskey, David Islamic and Buddhist medical ethics: morality and theology in moral reasoning In: Arda, Berna; Rispler­Chaim, Vardit, eds. Islam and Bioethics. Ankara [Turkey]: Ankara University; 2011: 241­247 Call number: R725.59 .I85 2010 Document 14 Güvercin, Cemal Hüseyin The viewpoints of the Presidency of Religious Affairs of Republic of Turkey on various bioethical problems In: Arda, Berna; Rispler­Chaim, Vardit, eds. Islam and Bioethics. Ankara [Turkey]: Ankara University; 2011: 221­229 Call number: R725.59 .I85 2010 Document 15 Ebrahim, Abul Fadl Mohsin Islamic medical jurisprudence: sources and modus operandi In: Arda, Berna; Rispler­Chaim, Vardit, eds. Islam and Bioethics. Ankara [Turkey]: Ankara University; 2011: 47­54 Call number: R725.59 .I85 2010 Document 16 Filiz, Sahin The place of bioethics principles in Islamic ethics In: Arda, Berna; Rispler­Chaim, Vardit, eds. Islam and Bioethics. Ankara [Turkey]: Ankara University; 2011: 23­45 Call number: R725.59 .I85 2010 * Document 17 Strong, Carson Theoretical and practical problems with wide reflective equilibrium in bioethics. Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 2010 April; 31(2): 123­140 Abstract: Various theories have been put forward in an attempt to explain what makes moral judgments justifiable. One of the main theories currently advocated in bioethics is a form of coherentism known as wide reflective equilibrium. In this paper, I argue that wide reflective equilibrium is not a satisfactory approach for justifying moral beliefs and propositions. A long­standing theoretical problem for reflective equilibrium has not been adequately resolved, and, as a result, the main arguments for wide reflective equilibrium are unsuccessful. Moreover, practical problems that arise in using the method of wide reflective equilibrium undermine the idea that it is a viable approach for justifying moral judgments about cases and policies. Given that wide reflective equilibrium is the most prominent version of coherentism, these considerations call into question the coherentist approach to justification in bioethics. Georgetown users check Georgetown Journal Finder for access to full text * Document 18 Jotkowitz, Alan On the methodology of Jewish medical ethics Tradition 2010 Spring; 43(1): 38­55 Georgetown users check Georgetown Journal Finder for access to full text * Document 19 Levitt, Mairi; Zwart, Hub Reply to Udo Schuklenk Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 2010 March; 7(1): 89­90 Georgetown users check Georgetown Journal Finder for access to full text http://www.springerlink.com/content/j77np47n3w2n/ (link may be outdated) * Document 20 Coggon, John; Stewart, Cameron Recent Developments Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 2010 March; 7(1): 3­7 Georgetown users check Georgetown Journal Finder for access to full text http://www.springerlink.com/content/j77np47n3w2n/ (link may be outdated) Document 21 Doerflinger, Richard M. Washington Insider National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly 2010 Spring; 10(1): 23­37 Georgetown users check Georgetown Journal Finder for access to full text * Document 22 McCullough, Laurence B La frontera: responsibly managing borders and boundaries in clinical ethics. Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 2010 February; 35(1): 1­6 Abstract: The papers in the 2010 "Clinical Ethics" number of the Journal of Medicine and Philosophy explore issues along La Frontera, the borders and boundaries of clinical ethics. The first three papers in this "Clinical Ethics" number of the Journal explore borders and boundaries drawn within clinical ethics, concerning the moral standing of complementary and alternative medicine, palliative sedation, and induced abortion and feticide. The fourth and fifth papers explore the borders and boundaries between research ethics and clinical ethics. Georgetown users check Georgetown Journal Finder for access to full text http://jmp.oxfordjournals.org/content/vol35/issue1/ (link may be outdated) * Document 23 Harries, Richard QUESTIONS OF LIFE AND DEATH: CHRISTIAN FAITH AND MEDICAL INTERVENTION London: SPCK, 2010. 144 p. Call number: BJ1251 .H37 2010 * Document 24 Carmi, Amnon and Wattad, Mohammed Saif­Alden MEDICAL LAW IN ISRAEL Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands: Kluwer Law International; Fredrick, MD: Sold and distributed in North, Central, and South America by: Aspen Publishers, 2010. 180 p. Call number: KMK1520 .C3725 2010 * Document 25 Leies, John A. HANDBOOK ON CRITICAL LIFE ISSUES Philadelphia, PA: National Catholic Bioethics Center, 2010. 279 p. Call number: R724 .H23 2010 * Document 26 Pace, Tyler N., ed. BIOETHICS: ISSUES AND DILEMMAS Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers, 2010. 143 p. Call number: R724 .B473 2010 * Document 27 Remmers, Hartmut and Kohlen, Helen, eds. BIOETHICS, CARE AND GENDER: HERAUSFORDERUNGEN FÜR MEDIZIN, PFLEGE UND POLITIK Göttingen: V&R Unipress [and] Osnabrück: Universitätsverlag Osnabrück, 2010. 265 p. Call number: R724 .B4522 2010 Document 28 Abu Si'dah, Muhammad Najib Ibrahim Tatbiqat al­tiqniyah al­hayawiyah min manzur akhlaqi wa fiqhi = Applications of biological technology from ethical and jurisprudential perspectives Cairo, Egypt: Dar al­Fikr al­'Arabi, 2010. 247 p. * Document 29 Exter, André den, ed. HUMAN RIGHTS AND BIOMEDICINE Antwerpen/Portland, OR: Maklu, 2010. 274 p. Call number: K3601 .A6 H86 2008 * Document 30 Scarnecchia, D. Brian BIOETHICS, LAW, AND HUMAN LIFE ISSUES: A CATHOLIC PERSPECTIVE ON MARRIAGE, FAMILY, CONTRACEPTION, ABORTION, REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY, AND DEATH AND DYING Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2010. 470 p. Call number: R725.56 .S26 2010 * Document 31 Idziak, Janine M. ETHICAL DILEMMAS IN ALLIED HEALTH [Dubuque, IA]: Kent Hunt Professional, 2010. 286 p. Call number: R724 .I525 2010 * Document 32 Smolkin, Doran; Bourgeois, Warren; and Findler, Patrick DEBATING HEALTH CARE ETHICS [Whitby, Ontario, Canada]: McGraw­Hill Ryerson, 2010. 375 p. Call number: R724 .S575 2010 * Document 33 Sugarman, Jeremy and Sulmasy, Daniel P., eds. METHODS IN MEDICAL ETHICS Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2010. 353 p. Call number: R724 .M487 2010 * Document 34 Oehlschlaeger, Fritz PROCREATIVE ETHICS: PHILOSOPHICAL AND CHRISTIAN APPROACHES TO QUESTIONS AT THE BEGINNING OF LIFE Eugene, OR: Cascade Books; Distributed by: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2010. 373 p. Call number: QH332 .O34 2010 * Document 35 Duncan, Peter VALUES, ETHICS AND HEALTH CARE Los Angeles, CA: SAGE, 2010. 157 p. Call number: R724 .D83 2010 * Document 36 Scully, Jackie Leach; Baldwin­Ragaven, Laurel E.; and Fitzpatrick, Petya, eds. FEMINIST BIOETHICS: AT THE CENTER, ON THE MARGINS Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010. 307 p. Call number: R724 .F396 2010 * Document 37 Pozgar, George D. LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett, 2010. 425 p. Call number: KF3821 .P68 2010 * Document 38 Paola, Frederick A.; Walker, Robert; and Nixon, Lois LaCivita,
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