Ownership of the Human Body: Philosophical Considerations on the Use of the Human Body and its Parts in Healthcare (1998) (Philosophy and Medicine #59)

By: Henk A. M. J. ten Have

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Synopsis: This is the first book in healthcare ethics addressing the moral issues regarding ownership of the human body. Modern medicine increasingly transforms the body and makes use of body parts for diagnostic, therapeutic and preventive purposes. The book analyzes the concept of body ownership. It also reviews the ownership issues arising in clinical care (for example, donation policies, autopsy) and biomedical research. Societies and legal systems also have to deal with issues of body ownership. A comparison is made between specific legal arrangements in The Netherlands and France, as examples of legal approaches. In the final section of the book, different theoretical perspectives on the human body are analyzed: libertarian, personalist, deontological and utilitarian theories of body ownership.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9789401591294
Related ISBNs:: 9780792351504
Publisher:: Springer Netherlands
Date of Addition:: 08/13/22
Copyrighted By:: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Medicine, Philosophy, Politics and Government
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: H.A. Ten Have
Edited by:: J.W. Welie