Empirical methods for bioethics a primer

In recent years concerns over the use of results of scientific advances, expectations about how medical decisions are made, and demographic changes have raised ethical questions about how resources are allocated, and how the principles of beneficence, and respect for patient autonomy are applied. Th...

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Other Authors Jacoby, Liva, Siminoff, Laura A.
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam ; London : Elsevier JAI, 2008.
SeriesAdvances in bioethics ; v. 11.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781849503839
1849503834
9780762312665
0762312661
ISSN1479-3709 ;
DOI10.1016/S1479-3709(2007)11
Physical Description1 online resource (x, 221 p.)

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Liva Jacoby, Laura A. Siminoff
  • The role of empirical data in bioethics: a philosopher's view / Wayne Shelton
  • The significance of empirical bioethics for medical practice: a physician's perspective / Joel Frader
  • Qualitative content analysis / Jane Forman, Laura Damschroder
  • Ethical design and conduct of focus groups in bioethics research / Christian M. Simon, Maghboeba Mosavel
  • Contextualizing ethical dilemmas: ethnography for bioethics / Elisa J. Gordon, Betty Wolder Levin
  • Semi-structured interviews in bioethics research / Pamela Sankar, Nora L. Jones
  • Survey research in bioethics / G. Caleb Alexander, Matthew K. Wynia
  • Hypothetical vignettes in empirical bioethics research / Connie M. Ulrich, Sarah J. Ratcliffe
  • Deliberative procedures in bioethics / Susan Dorr Goold, Laura Damschroder, Nancy Baum
  • Intervention research in bioethics / Marion E. Broome.