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Medical Research Ethics: Challenges in the 21st Century

  • Provides a current review of medical research ethics on a global basis
  • Aims to promote a discussion about controversial and foundational aspects in the field
  • Concentrates on key areas of medical research where there are core ethical issues

Part of the book series: Philosophy and Medicine (PHME, volume 132)

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Table of contents (26 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
  2. Philosophical Foundations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Embryo Research Ethics

      • Robert George, Christopher Tollefsen
      Pages 3-15
    3. The Ethics of Medical Research

      • David Novak
      Pages 17-33
  3. Vulnerability

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 47-47
  4. Surgery

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 215-215
    2. The Ethics of Surgical Research and Innovation

      • Wendy A. Rogers, Katrina Hutchison
      Pages 217-232
  5. Palliative Care

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 233-233

About this book

This book provides a current review of Medical Research Ethics on a global basis. The book contains chapters that are historically and philosophically reflective and aimed to promote a discussion about controversial and foundational aspects in the field. An elaborate group of chapters concentrates on key areas of medical research where there are core ethical issues that arise both in theory and practice: genetics, neuroscience, surgery, palliative care, diagnostics, risk and prediction, security, pandemic threats, finances, technology, and public policy.This book is suitable for use from the most basic introductory courses to the highest levels of expertise in multidisciplinary contexts.  The insights and research by this group of top scholars in the field of bioethics is an indispensable read for medical students in bioethics seminars and courses as well as for philosophy of bioethics classes in departments of philosophy, nursing faculties, law schools where bioethics is linked to medical law, experts in comparative law and public health, international human rights, and is equally useful for policy planning in pharmaceutical companies.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

    Tomas Zima

  • International Academy of Law and Mental Health, Montréal, Canada

    David N. Weisstub

About the editors

Professor Tomas Zima, Head of the Institute of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine First Faculty of Medicine Charles University in Prague, served as Dean of the First Faculty of Medicine and Rector Magnificus of Charles University. Professor Zima is author of 470 articles which have been cited over 4500 times in the Science Citation Index. He has also written nine books and is Author of over 75 additional chapters. He has lectured globally at 160 universities and served in many leadership roles including as Member of the European Commission’s Scientific Panel for Health (SPH). He is Chair of the Advisory Board for the International Academy of Medical Ethics and Public Health. 

Professor Weisstub is Honorary Life President of the International Academy of Law and Mental Health and Co-President of the International Academy of Medical Ethics and Public Health. He is Founding Editor of the International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine (Springer). For over 40years, he was Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Law and Psychiatry (Elsevier) and is Co-Editor of Éthique, Médecine et Politiques Publiques with Professor Christian Hervé. For over 20 years, he was Professor of Law at Osgoode Hall Law School and Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. Until 2017, Professor Weisstub has held the Philippe Pinel Professorship in Legal Psychiatry and Biomedical Ethics at the Université de Montréal. He is Recipient of honorary doctorates in the USA, Canada, Belgium, Austria, Italy and the Czech Republic. A Chevalier of the French Legion of Honour, he was appointed Grande Ufficiale in the Republic of Italy and knighted by the Queen of the Netherlands in the Order of the Dutch Lion.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Medical Research Ethics: Challenges in the 21st Century

  • Editors: Tomas Zima, David N. Weisstub

  • Series Title: Philosophy and Medicine

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12692-5

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-12691-8Published: 03 January 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-12694-9Published: 04 January 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-12692-5Published: 01 January 2023

  • Series ISSN: 0376-7418

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-0080

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 499

  • Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Bioethics

Buy it now

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eBook USD 109.00
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  • Read on any device
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  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 139.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 139.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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