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
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; London : Elsevier JAI, 2008.
Series:Advances in bioethics ; v. 11.
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
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.