Sanctity of life'andhuman dignity'are two bioethical concepts that play an important role in
bioethical discussions. Despite their separate history and content, they have similar …

In these hard times of global financial peril and growing social inequality, injuries to dignity
are pervasive." Indignity has many faces," one man told Nora Jacobson as she conducted …

Both Jotterand's (2010) and Bostrom's (2005; 2007) use of the term “dignity” with regard to
human versus posthuman miss the mark; they create a dichotomized,“us versus them” …

The concept of human dignity is a term commonly used in professional codes and standards
for biomedical healthcare disciplines and professional nursing practice. What is the …

Discussing the topic of murder, and replying to an" objection"(as the structure of the Summa
calls for such replies), St. Thomas Aquinas writes," a man who sins deviates from the rational …

Questions about the dignity of the human person give rise to many of the most central and
hotly disputed topics in bioethics. In _A Defense of Dignity: Creating Life, Destroying Life …

Human Dignity in Bioethics brings together a collection of essays that rigorously examine
the concept of human dignity from its metaphysical foundations to its polemical deployment …

In this article I argue that the ethics of care provides us with a novel reading of human
relations, and therefore makes possible a fresh approach to several empirical challenges. In …

The meaning and application of the principle of beneficence to issues in health care is rarely
clear or certain. Although the principle is frequently employed to justify a variety of actions …

Many writings in ancient, medieval, and modern medicine contain a storehouse of
information about medical ethics. Throughout these periods the health professional's …