Biomedical ethics for engineers : ethics and decision making in biomedical and biosystem engineering / Daniel A. Vallero.
by
Vallero, Daniel A.
ISBN
:
9780750682275
9780080476100
Title
:
Biomedical ethics for engineers : ethics and decision making in biomedical and biosystem engineering / Daniel A. Vallero.
Author
:
Vallero, Daniel A.
Personal Author
:
Vallero, Daniel A.
Publication Information
:
Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press, ©2007.
Physical Description
:
1 online resource (xxiii, 408 pages) : illustrations.
Series
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The biomedical engineering series
Contents
:
Preface -- Prologue: -- Chapter 1: Bioethics: A Creative Approach -- Chapter 2: Bioethics and the Engineer -- Chapter 3: An Engineered Future: Human Enhancement -- Chapter 4: The Bioethical Engineer -- Chapter 5: Bioethical Research and Technological Development -- Chapter 6: Safety, Risk and Reliability as Measures of Bioethics -- Chapter 7: Bioethical Success and Failure -- Chapter 8: Justice and Fairness as Engineering Concepts -- Chapter 9: Sustainable Bioethics -- Chapter 10: Engineering Wisdom -- Epilogue: Practical Bioethics -- Bioethics Resources for the Engineer -- Suggested Readings -- Useful Websites -- Appendix 1: National Society of Professional Engineers -- Code of Ethics for Engineers -- Appendix 2: Biomedical Engineering Society Code of Ethics.
Local Note
:
eBooks on EBSCOhost
Subject Term
:
Biomedical engineering -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Medical ethics.
Bioethics.
Ingeniería biomédica.
Etica médica.
Bioética.
Format
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Electronic Resources
Electronic Access
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Publication Date
:
2007
Publication Information
:
Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press, ©2007.
| Shelf Number | Material Type | Copy | Shelf Location | Status |
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| 174.957 22 | 1:E-BOOK | 1 | 1:ONLINE | Available for online access and/or download |