A modern orvosi etika alapjai. Bevezetés a bioetikába [The basics of modern medical ethics. Introduction into bioethics]

Author(s): Kovács, József
Document type: Book
Year: 1999
Pages: 641
Source: Publishing house: Medicina Könyvkiadó Rt.
Language(s): Hungarian

Classification

National background: Hungary
Category: EU Training Material for Research Ethics
Subject areas: Animal experimentation; Human experimentation
Focus: Sub-focus: Medical ethics; Indicate areas of research dealt with: human and animal experimentation
Content: Case studies; Ethical theories; Important codes; Legal background; Normative reflections
Issues touched: Autonomy, respect, informed consent, subjects unable to consent, role of representatives Beneficence, non-maleficence, risk for the subject Justice, benefits/burdens, research without benefit for the subject, placebos/standard therapy Research on animals
Audience: General/not specified; students of medical sciences

Estimation

Didactical quality: Didactically prepared material
Overall estimation: worth considering
Estimation remarks: The book, which (according to the introduction) is meant as a textbook for training courses on medical ethics at various Hungarian medical faculties, gives a concise overview of the different topics of medical ethics. It also includes chapters dealing with medical research ethics, especially with human and animal experimentation. Unfortunately these chapters are rather short compared to the total volume of the book.