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Mental Patient

Mental Patient

Mental Patient

Psychiatric Ethics from a Patient's Perspective

by Abigail Gosselin

ISBN: 9780262544313

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: December 13, 2022

A philosopher who has experienced psychosis argues that recovery requires regaining agency and autonomy within a therapeutic relationship based on mutual trust.
Ethics in Everyday Places

Ethics in Everyday Places

Ethics in Everyday Places

Mapping Moral Stress, Distress, and Injury

by Tom Koch

ISBN: 9780262546621

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: November 1, 2022

An exploration of moral stress, distress, and injuries inherent in modern society through the maps that pervade academic and public communications worlds.
Choosing Down Syndrome

Choosing Down Syndrome

Choosing Down Syndrome

Ethics and New Prenatal Testing Technologies

by Chris Kaposy

ISBN: 9780262546249

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: August 9, 2022

An argument that more people should have children with Down syndrome, written from a pro-choice, disability-positive perspective.
Good Ethics and Bad Choices

Good Ethics and Bad Choices

Good Ethics and Bad Choices

The Relevance of Behavioral Economics for Medical Ethics

by Jennifer S. Blumenthal-Barby

ISBN: 9780262542487

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: August 3, 2021

An analysis of how findings in behavioral economics challenge fundamental assumptions of medical ethics, integrating the latest research in both fields.
The Eugenic Mind Project

The Eugenic Mind Project

The Eugenic Mind Project

by Robert A. Wilson

ISBN: 9780262542708

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: February 2, 2021

An examination of eugenic thinking past and present, from forced sterilization to prenatal screening, drawing on experience with those who survived  eugenics.
The Structure of Moral Revolutions

The Structure of Moral Revolutions

The Structure of Moral Revolutions

Studies of Changes in the Morality of Abortion, Death, and the Bioethics Revolution

by Robert Baker

ISBN: 9780262043083

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: November 12, 2019

A theoretical account of moral revolutions, illustrated by historical cases that include the criminalization and decriminalization of abortion and the patient rebellion against medical paternalism.
New Methuselahs

New Methuselahs

New Methuselahs

The Ethics of Life Extension

by John K. Davis

ISBN: 9780262038133

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: July 31, 2018

An examination of the ethical issues raised by the possibility of human life extension, including its desirability, unequal access, and the threat of overpopulation.
Re-Reasoning Ethics

Re-Reasoning Ethics

Re-Reasoning Ethics

The Rationality of Deliberation and Judgment in Ethics

by Barry Hoffmaster and Cliff Hooker

ISBN: 9780262037693

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: May 4, 2018

How developing a more expansive, non-formal conception of reason produces richer ethical understandings of human situations, explored and illustrated with many real examples.
Afflicted

Afflicted

Afflicted

How Vulnerability Can Heal Medical Education and Practice

by Nicole Piemonte

ISBN: 9780262037396

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: January 12, 2018

How medical education and practice can move beyond a narrow focus on biological intervention to recognize the lived experiences of illness, suffering, and death.
Specimen Science

Specimen Science

Specimen Science

Ethics and Policy Implications

Edited by Holly Fernandez Lynch, Barbara E. Bierer, I. Glenn Cohen and Suzanne M. Rivera

ISBN: 9780262036108

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: October 6, 2017

Legal, regulatory, and ethical perspectives on balancing social benefit and human autonomy in research using human biospecimens.
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