Now in its eighth edition, Bioethics: A Nursing Perspective provides practical guidance on
the ethical issues you might come across in nursing practice, with real-world examples that …

Is the mammalian embryo/fetus a part of the organism that gestates it? According to the
containment view, the fetus is not a part of, but merely contained within or surrounded by, the …

The overturning of Roe v Wade makes the ethical consideration of abortion more important
than ever. Appealing to reason rather than religious belief, this book is the most …

Neonatal intensive care units represent simultaneously one of the great success stories of
modern medicine, and one of its most controversial developments. One particularly …

The goal of this article is to evaluate the defensibility of wide‐spread beliefs concerning the
moral value of procreating. Very many of us are 'pro‐natal'—that is, we have a positive moral …

The newest addition to the Point/Counterpoint Series, Abortion: Three Perspectives features
a debate between four noted philosophers-Michael Tooley, Celia Wolf-Devine, Philip E …

Designed to address practical questions, applied ethics is one of the most exciting areas in
contemporary philosophy. Yet the relevance of ethical theories to social policy has been …

The main goal of this paper is to explore the forcefulness of the adoption challenge to
procreative parenting. After framing the challenge, I consider two of the most developed …

Currently, the preferred accommodation for conscientious objection to abortion in medicine
is to allow the objector to refuse to accede to the patient's request so long as the objector …