BOOK REVIEWS

Ethics and Aging: The Right to Live, the Right to Die, edited by James E. Thornton and Earl R. Winkler
Medical Ethics, edited by Robert M. Veatch
A Casebook in Medical Ethics, by Terence F. Ackerman and Carson R. Strong     

A model of a code of ethics for tissue banks operating in developing countries

Ethical practice in the field of tissue banking requires the setting of principles, the identification of possible deviations and the establishment of mechanisms that will detect and hinder abuses that may occur during the procurement, processing and distribution of tissues for transplantation. This model of a Code of Ethics has been prepared with the purpose of being used for the elaboration of a Code of Ethics for tissue banks operating in the Latin American and the Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific and the African regions in order to guide the day-to-day operation of these banks. The purpose of this model of Code of Ethics is to assist interested tissue banks in the preparation of their own Code of Ethics towards ensuring that the tissue bank staff support with their actions the mission and values associated with tissue banking.     

Review essay: the nature of medicine and the teaching of medical ethics

Report of a Working Party on the Teaching of Medical Ethics, Edited by K.M. Boyd.
Well and Good: Case Studies in Biomedical Ethics, by John E. Thomas and Wilfred J. Waluchow     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book Reviewed in this Article:
Economics, Medicine and Health Care by Gavin H. Mooney
Making Choices: Ethics Issues for Health Care Professionals –Challenges of health care rationing and resource allocation, patients'rights, and providers'responsibilities Edited by Emily Friedman
High Technology Medicine: Benefits & Burdens by Bryan Jennett
The Foundations of Justice: Why The Retarded And The Rest Of Us Have Claims to Equality by Robert M. Veatch
Ethics in Nursing, 2nd Edition, by M. Benjamin & J. Curtis
Philosophical Medical Ethics by Raanan Gillon
Life Before Birth: Consensus in Medical Ethics by Kenneth Boyd     

Book Review

Randall, Fiona and Downie, R. S. Palliative Care Ethics
Bayertz, Kurt The Concept of Moral Consensus: The Case of Technological Interventions into Human Reproduction
Deveterre, Raymond J. Practical Decision Making in Health Care Ethics: Cases and Concepts
Komesaroff, Paul Troubled Bodies: Critical Perspectives on Postmodernism, Medical Ethics and the Body     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book Reviws in this Article
The Human Body and the Law, 2nd edition by D.W. Meyers, Edinburgh University Press, 1990
Classic Cases in Medical Ethics by Gregory E. Pence. New York: McGraw-Hill Publishing Co. 1990
Changing Values in Medical and Health Care Decision Making, edited by Uffejuul Jensen and Gavin Mooney. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 1990
IVF and Justice by Teresa Iglesias, London: The Linacre Centre For Health Care Ethics, 1990
The Practical, Moral and Personal Sense of Nursing: A Phenomenon-ological Philosophy of Practice by Anne H. Bishop and John R. Scudder, Jr. New York: State University of New York Press, 1990
A Companion to Ethics, edited by Peter Singer. Oxford and Cambridge, Mass: Basil Blackwell, 1991.
Ethics and Law in Health Care and Research edited by Peter Byrne, Chichester, UK: 1990
The Human Embryo edited by G.R. Dunstan, Exeter: Exeter University Press, 1990
Everyday Ethics: Resolving Dilemmas in Nursing Home Life by Rosalie A. Kane and Arthur L. Caplan. N.Y.: Springer Publishing Company, 1990
Psychiatric Ethics, 2nd edition, edited by S. Bloch and P. Chodoff. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1991
Health Care and Gender by Charlotte Muller. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1990     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book Reviews in this Article:
Accountability of Bioethics Committees and Consultants by Sigrid Fry Revere.
Research Ethics in Practice : The Animal Ethics Committees in Sweden,
The Beginning of Human Life edited by Fritz K. Beller and Robert F. Weir. Dordecht
Dementia und Aging: Ethics, Values, ad Policy Choices , edited by Robert H. Binstock, Stephen G. Post and Peter J. White-house.
Least Worst Death — Essays in Bioethics on the End of Life by Margaret Pabst Battin.
All God's Mistakes — Genetic Counseling in a Pediatric Hospital by Charles L. Bosk.
Informed Consent: Patient Autonomy and Physician Beneficence within Clinical Medicine by Stephen Wear.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book Reviews in this Article:
The Uses of Philosophy , by Mary Warnock
Issues in Reproductive Technology , by Helen Bequaert Holmes (ed)
Life Before Birth: The Moral and Legal Status of Embryos and Fetuses , by Bonnie Steinbock
The Ethics of Diagnosis , edited by Jose Luis Peset and Diego Gracia.
Gene Mapping: Using Law and Ethics as Guides , edited by George J. Annas and Sherman Elias.
Creation and Abortion: A Study in Moral and Legal Philosophy , by F.M. Kamm.
Wonderwoman and Superman: The Ethics of Human Biotechnology , by John Harris
International Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Research Involving Human Subjects , by Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS)     

生命伦理学基本原则讨论

介绍当代西方主流生命伦理学具有代表性的4种基本原则并对其进行理论分析和评价,进一步深入探讨在全球化的多元文化背景下当代中国生命伦理学发展的理论定位和实践应用中的问题和误区,发展具有中国特色的生命伦理学,为构建未来中国生命伦理学原则和实践提供理论借鉴。     

Islamic medical ethics: a primer

Modern medical practice is becoming increasingly pluralistic and diverse. Hence, cultural competency and awareness are given more focus in physician training seminars and within medical school curricula. A renewed interest in describing the varied ethical constructs of specific populations has taken place within medical literature. This paper aims to provide an overview of Islamic Medical Ethics. Beginning with a definition of Islamic Medical Ethics, the reader will be introduced to the scope of Islamic Medical Ethics literature, from that aimed at developing moral character to writings grounded in Islamic law. In the latter form, there is an attempt to derive an Islamic perspective on bioethical issues such as abortion, gender relations within the patient-doctor relationship, end-of-life care and euthanasia. It is hoped that the insights gained will aid both clinicians and ethicists to better understand the Islamic paradigm of medical ethics and thereby positively affect patient care.     

Module five: implementation of ethics review

The objective of this module is to inform you on issues of concern for Research Ethics Committee members and investigators during the review process. The many guidelines on research ethics, including those from the South African Department of Health and the World Health Organisation, will be referred to extensively to educate you on the requirements of Research Ethics Committees. The evolution of the review process in South Africa will be detailed.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book Reviws in this Article
The Misfortunes of Others: End-Stage Renal Disease in the United Kingdom, by Thomas Halper.
Centre for Early Human Development, Monash University
The Caring Imperative in Education, edited by Madeleine Leininger and Jean Watson, New York: National League for Nursing, 1990
Toward a Caring Curriculum: A New Pedagogy for Nursing, by Em Olivia Bevis and Jean Watson, New York: National League for Nursing, 1989
The Ethics of Care and the Ethics of Cure: Synthesis in Chronicity, edited by Jean Watson and Marilyn A.
Human Life and Medical Practice, by J.K. Mason, Edinburgh University Press
Preventing Birth: Contemporary Methods and Related Moral Controversies, by James W. Knight and Joan C. Callahan, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1989
Social Science Perspectives on Medical Ethics, edited by George Weisz, Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1990     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book Reviws in this Article Shaping Genes: Ethics, Law and Science Using Genetic Technology in Medicine and Agriculture, DarrylR.J. Macer. Christchurch, N.Z. Eubios Ethics Institute, 1990 Suicide and Euthanasia: Historical and Contemporary Themes (Philosophy and Medicine 35), Baruch A. Brody (ed.) Dordrecht and Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers (1989) Who Lives? Who Dies? Ethical Criteria in Patient Selection by John Kilner. New Haven: Yale U.P., 1990 Beyond BabyM: Ethical Issues in New Reproductive Techniques edited by Dianne M. Bartels, Reinhard Priester, Dorothy E. Vawter and Arthur L. Caplan. Clifton, N.J: Humana Press, 1989 Surrogate Motherhood The Legal and Human Issues by Martha A. Field. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard Univ. Press Medico-Legal Aspects of Parenthood and Reproduction, by J.K. Mason. Aldershot, U.K: Dartmouth Pub. Co., 1990 Philosophical Ethics in Reproductive Medicine: Proceedings of the First International Conference on Philosophical Ethics in Reproductive Medicine, University of Leeds, 18-22 April, 1988. Ed. by David R. Bromham, Maureen E. Dalton and Jennifer Jackson. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1990     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Standard of Care by George J. Annas. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993
Medicine, Money and Morals by Marc A. Rodwin. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993
Medical Ethics Today: Its Practice and Philosophy , British Medical Association. London: BMJ Publishers, 1993
Biomedical Ethics Reviews: 1992 edited by James M. Huber and Robert F. Almeder. Totawa, New Jersey: Humana Press, 1993     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book Reviws in this Article Meta-Medical Ethics: The Philosophical Foundations of Bioethics, edited by Michael A. Grodin. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1995 Autonoaty and Intervention: Parentalism in the Caring Life, by Job Kultgen. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995 Long-Term Care Decisions, Ethical and Conceptual Dimensions, edited by Laurence McCullough and Nancy Wilson. Baltimore; The John Hopkins University Press, 1995 Contemplating Suicide: The Language and Ethics of Self Harm by Gavin Fairbairn. Landon and New York: Routledge, 1995     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
The Ethics of Reproductive Technology edited by Kenneth D. Alpern. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992
Medical Confidentiality and Legal Privilege by Jean V. McHale. London and New York: Routledge, 1993
The Codes of Codes , edited by Daniel J. Kevles and Leroy Hood. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1992
The Troubled Dream of Life: Living with Mortality by Daniel Callahan. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1993
International Directory of Bioethics Organizations. Anita L. Nolen and Mary Carrington Coutts, editors. Bioethics Resource Series, Volume 1. Washington, DC: Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University, 1993
The Codification of Medical Morality, Volume One: Medical Ethics and Etiquette in the Eighteenth Century , edited by Robert Baker, Dorothy Porter and Roy Porter. Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1993
Pursuing Parenthood: Ethical Issues in Assisted Reproduction by Paul Lauritzen. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1993     

BOOK REVIEWS

By No Extraordinary Means: The Choice to Forgo Life-Sustaining Food and Water. Edited by Joanne Lynn, M.D.
University of Alabama at Birmingham Healthy Respect; Ethics in Health Care by R. S. Downie and K. C. Caiman
Ethical Dilemmas in Health Promotion by Spyros Doxiades
Department of Medical History & Ethics University of Washington Seattle
Mixed Blessings by Jeanne Harley Guillemin and Lynda Lytle Holmstrom
Ethics in the Hospital Setting, edited by Bruce D. Weinstein, Morgantown
Ethics in the Hospital Setting, edited by Bruce D. Weinstem, Morgantown, W.V.     

The role of national ethics commissions in Finland

There are six national ethics commissions in Finland. The National Advisory Board on Research Ethics was first established in 1991, followed by the National Advisory Board on Biotechnology and the Board on Gene Technology in 1995. The National Advisory Board on Health Care Ethics was established in 1998, followed by its Sub-Committee on Medical Research Ethics in 1999. The Co-operation Group for Laboratory Animal Sciences was established in 2001. Only the Board on Gene Technology works as a national authority and gives binding opinions and recommendations about the use of genetically modified organisms. The Sub-Committee on Medical Research Ethics acts a national research ethics committee and gives opinions about research projects. Other advisory boards do not make legally binding decisions, but their expertise gives a lot of power to their opinions and statements. The commissions work in close collaboration with each other, having regular meetings. They arrange seminars and conferences, and share information with each other. The commissions also share duties and information in international collaboration. How the voice and opinions of these commissions is heard in society lies in the wide, multi-professional expertise of their members. Large commissions and wide expertise may make it difficult to find consensus in their opinions and statements, although wide expertise may, more than discussion in a small expert group, help to further process difficult ethical issues. Collaboration between different bodies is important in order to share duties, and also to add more emphasis to the statements and opinions where different bodies share interests. In our country, the interest that national commissions share is research ethics, where the advisory boards and their members have discharged collaborative activities for years.     

REVIEW ESSAY

The Ethics and Politics of Human Experimentation by Paul M. McNeill. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993     

Book review

Book reviewed
Loretta M Kopelman (ed), Building Bioethics: Conversations with Clouser and Friends on Medical Ethics