Medical Ethics and Human Life

Life and Medical Ethics in Pediatric Neurosurgery

Ethical issues in the field of pediatric neurosurgery, including prenatal diagnosis, palliative care for children with an intractable serious disease, and medical neglect, are discussed. An important role of medicine is to offer every possible treatment to a patient. However, it also is the responsibility of medicine to be conscious of its limitations, and to help parents love and respect a chi...

Patents, Ethics, Human Life Forms

Introduction Exploitation and Monopoly of Cloned DNA Sequences Anticipated Benefits of Transgenesis Reservations Concerning Transgenesis Defense of Human Germ Line Intervention Autonomy and Patent Claims Against Parents and Children Distributive Justice and Patent Claims on Extracorporeal Compounds Product Patents on Human DNA Sequences Isolation-Purification Rationale for DNA Product Patents U...

Medical ethics and human rights in wartime.

Nursing ethics and medical ethics.

Quality of Life Measures in Health Care and Medical Ethics