Grundkurs Medizinethik

Author(s): Pöltner, Günter
Document type: Book
Year: 2002
Pages: 340
Source: Publishing house: Facultas-Universitäts-Verlag (Wien)
Language(s): German

Classification

National background: Austria
Category: EU Training Material for Research Ethics
Subject areas: Human experimentation; Biotechnology; Embryo research, stem cell research; Human experimentation
Focus: Sub-focus: embedded in medical ethics
Content: 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 Vulnerable groups, soldiers, prisoners, pregnant women, elderly people Ethics committees, research protocols
Audience: students of medicine, health care professionals, people who are interested in medical ethics; Students of natural sciences

Estimation

Didactical quality: Didactically prepared material
Overall estimation: recommendable
Estimation remarks: This book offers a basic course on medical ethics. Among other topics it deals with methods of ethical judgement as well as with human experimentation, embryo research and gene therapy by giving a clearly structured introduction into the various issues of the topics dealt with.