Dear All: 

Sorry to weigh in so late, but I thought I'd suggest another text with a good balanced perspective.  Readings in Health Care Ethics by Elisabeth Boetzkes (Gedge) and Wil Waluchow has the following chapter headings:

1. Introduction: Resources for Decision-Making
2. Relationships in Health Care
3. Consent
4. Reproduction
5. Fetal Rights?
6. Screening and Treatment of "Disabled Newborns"
7. Death, Dying, and Euthanasia
8. Research Involving Human Subjects
9. Scarce Medical Resources
10. Acquiring and Distributing Body Parts
11. Genetics

The topics are timely and the price point is reasonable ($56.95 CDN / $47.95 US / £27.99 UK).  For those wanting a feminist perspective the readings in the second chapter are especially good as they allow for discussion of family autonomy and cross-cultural sensitivities.  The Broadview Press website has a detailed listing of the readings in each chapter http://www.broadviewpress.com/bvbooks.asp?BookID=191 

Thanks for the other suggestions - I'll see what I can finagle for my Ethics Committee library. 

All the best,
Ann Heesters   
  


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Dear All --

Thanks VERY much to all who responded to my request for a friend who is 
looking for suggestions for texts for courses in contemporary moral 
problems and biomedical ethics.

Here are the suggestions I received, occasionally along with comments from 
colleagues:

Contemporary Moral Problems:

- Baird, Robert M. and Stuart E. Rosenbaum, eds. The Ethics of 
Abortion:  Pro-Life v. Pro-Choice, 3rd ed. (Prometheus Books, 2001).
- Baird, Robert M. and Stuart Rosenbaum, eds. Same-Sex Marriage:  The Moral 
and Legal Debate 2nd ed (Prometheus Books, 2004).
- Boss, Judith, Analyzing Moral Issues - ". . .used for a big class (240 
students) . . .It is far from perfect, but does a credible job with some of 
the issues you mentioned.  The     chapter on feminism, is, in my opinion, 
appalling* but I think the rest is pretty good"
- Koggle, Christine, Moral Issues in Global Perspective (Broadview) "It 
will be coming out in a 2nd edition that has been expanded into 3 volumes: 
one on theories of   morality, rights, justice, democracy and applications 
of these to various contexts and issues including war and terrorism; one on 
issues of discrimination (race,       gender, disability, sexual 
orientation, poverty); and one on standard moral issues (reproductive 
rights, euthanasia and health care, pornography and 
censorship,        animal rights, and the environment). Each volume and 
chapters within the volumes include work by race, feminist, class, and 
disability theorists as well as by  authors from around the world. 
Instructors can select to use one, two, or all three volumes. The second 
edition won't be out until December, but the first edition is   still 
available. It is divided into 3 parts - roughly matching the 3 volumes just 
mentioned."
- McDonald, Julie, Contemporary Moral Issues in a Diverse Society (Wadsworth)
- Moreno, Jonathan  Arguing Euthanasia:  The Controversy Over Mercy 
Killing, Assisted Suicide, and the Right to Die (Touchstone, 1995).
- Van Camp, Julie, Applying Ethics (8th ed):
         <http://www.wadsworth.com/cgi-wadsworth/course_products_wp.pl?discipline_number=5&subject_code=PH03&fid=M2b&product_isbn_issn=0534626580>http://www.wadsworth.com/cgi-wadsworth/course_products_wp.pl?discipline_number=5&subject_code=PH03&fid=M2b&product_isbn_issn=0534626580 
- Van Camp, Julie,  Ethical Issues in the Courts (2nd ed.):
         <http://www.wadsworth.com/cgi-wadsworth/course_products_wp.pl?fid=M2b&product_isbn_issn=0495005746&discipline_number=5>http://www.wadsworth.com/cgi-wadsworth/course_products_wp.pl?fid=M2b&product_isbn_issn=0495005746&discipline_number=5 


Biomedical Ethics:

-Beauchamp, Tom L. and Childress, James, Principles of Biomedical Ethics, 
5th ed. (2001). "I still like Beaucamp & Childress, myself, but for an intro
class--especially one that (like mine) is for nursing and allied health 
students--I think a broader, less heavy-duty philosophical approach is more 
suitable."
-Boss, Judith and Michael Brannigan, Health Care Ethics in a Diverse Society.
-Gert, B., Culver, C., & Clouser, K. (1997). Bioethics: A Return to 
Fundamentals. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.  ISBN: 0-19-511430-2.
- Munson, Ronald, Intervention and Reflection: Basic Issues in Medical 
Ethics, 7th Ed with Info-Trac. Thomson/Wadsworth, 2004 (1) "has a good 
chapter addressing        race, class, gender, age, etc. in health care. . 
. .  I've used this for years."  (2) "I recently used the textbook below 
for an introductory course on bioethics. It has a     pretty good sections 
on Race, Gender, Medicine as well as articles that offer feminist analyses 
of contemp. bioethics issues. As an intro text, I chose it over about   10 
others because it pays attention to gender, race, class, ability and 
leavens the philosophical analyses with good up-to-date 
historical/political context for the    issues."
-Steinbock, Bonnie, ed. Ethical Issues in Modern Medicine.  "The new 
edition includes access to a website of relevant resources, which I haven't 
had a chance to look at yet. The book includes lots of primary sources, and 
the new version has a new section on 'reprogenetics'."
-Teays, Wanda and Laura Purdy, Bioethics, Justice and Health Care (Belmont: 
Wadsworth, 2001).


Moral Phlosophy:

-Bernard Gert (2004). Common Morality: Deciding What To Do.  Oxford 
University Press.  ISBN: 0-19-51737-16.
-Pojman, Louis. ed. The Moral Life: An Introductory Reader in Ethics and 
Literature, 2nd. ed. (Oxford University Press, 2004)
-James Rachels (2003). The Elements of Moral Philosophy. 4th Edition.

Again, thank you very, very much.

Joan