Body in Bioethics

Taylor & Francis

The Body in BioethicsAuthor(s): Alastair V. Campbell\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge Cavendish\nISBN-13: 9781844720576, 978-1844720576\nSynopsis\nRecent debates about uses and abuses of the human body in medicine have highlighted the need for a thorough discussion of the ethics of the uses of bodies, both living and dead. \n\nThorough and comprehensive, this volume explores different views of the significance of the human body and contrasting those which regard it as a commodity or personal possession with those which stress its moral value as integral to the personal identity of individuals. The Body in Bioethics addresses a number of key questions including:\n\nShould it be legal to sell human organs for transplantation? \n\nAre public displays of plastinated bodies or public autopsies morally justifiable? \n\nShould there be restrictions on the uses of human tissue in teaching and research? \n\nIs the rapid increase in vol.