Book Library

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Who Lives?
A play that explores the 1960s anonymous citizens committee that determined the life-or-death fate of kidney patients applying for dialysis. Christopher Meeks, Lulu.com, 2006

50 Activities for Promoting Ethics Within the Organization, Dr. Marlene Caroselli, HRD Press, 2003.

A Doctor's Calling: A Matter of Conscience , Hazel J. Magnussen, Wembley Publishing, 2006.

Advance Directives and Surrogate Decision Making in Health Care: United States, Germany and Japan, Edited by Hans-Martin Sass, Robert M. Veatch, and Rihito Kimura; John Hopkins University Press, 1998.

Against Relativism: Cultural Diversity and the Search for Ethical Universals in Medicine, Ruth Macklin; Oxford University Press, 1999.

Alternative Medicine and Ethics, edited by James M. Humber and Robert F. Almeder – Georgia State University, Human Press, 1998.

Alternative Sources of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells: A White Paper; The President's Council on Bioethics, Washington, D.C. May 2005

Applied Ethics: A Multicultural Approach, Larry May and Shari Collins Sharratt; Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1994.

Arguing Euthanasia: The Controversy Over Mercy Killing, Assisted Suicide, and The "Right to Die," Edited by Jonathan D. Moreno; Simon & Schuster, 1995.

At Personal Risk: Boundary Violations in Professional-Client Relationships, Marilyn R. Peterson; W.W. Norton & Company, 1992.

At Attending Children: A Doctor's Education., By Margaret E. Mohrmann. Georgetown University Press, 2005.

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Autonomy and Long-Term Care, George J. Agich, Oxford University Press, 1993.

A Balm for Gilead: Meditations on Spirituality and the Healing Arts., By Daniel P. Sulmasy. Georgetown University Press, 2006.

Bioethics: A Clinical Guide for Medical Students, Dan C. English; W.W. Norton & Company, 1994.

Bioethics: An Introduction to the History, Methods, and Practice, Nancy S. Jecker, Albert R. Jonsen, Robert A. Pearlman; Jones and Bartlett, 1997.

Bioethics: Readings and Cases, Baruch A. Brody and H. Tristam Engelhardt, Jr.; Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1987.

Bioethics and the New Medical Technology, Margot C. J. Mabie; Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1993.

Bioethics Committees, the Health Care Providers Guide, by Bowen Hosford. Aspen Publications, 1986.

Bioethics in a Liberal Society, Max Charlesworth; Cambridge University Press, 1993.

Bioethics in Canada, David J. Roy, John R. Williams and Bernard M. Dickens; Prentice-Hall Inc., 1994.

Bringing the Hospital Home: Ethical and Social Implications of High-Tech Home Care, Edited by John D. Arras; John Hopkins University Press, 1995.

Caring for Patients from Different Cultures: Case Studies from American Hospitals, Geri-Ann Galanti; University of Pennsylvania Press, 1991.

Case Studies in Medical Ethics, Robert M. Veatch; Harvard University Press, 1977.

Case Studies in Nursing Ethics, Robert M. Veatch and Sara T. Fry; Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 1987.

Case Studies in Public Health Ethics, Steven S. Coughlin, Colin L. Soskolne and Kenneth W. Goodman; American Public Health Association, 1997.

A Casebook of Medical Ethics, Terrence F. Ackerman and Carson Strong; Oxford University Press, 1989.

Cases in Bioethics: Selections from the Hastings Center Report, 3rd Ed., Bette-Jane Crigger; St. Martin's Press Inc., 1998.

(CD-ROM)Cases in Medical Ethics and Law: An Interactive Tutorial, David Lloyd, Heather Widdows and Donna Dickenson, Cambridge University Press.

Child vs Childmaker: Future Persons and Present Duties in Ethics and the Law, Melinda A. Roberts, Rowman and Littlefield, 1998.

Choices: Making Right Decisions in a Complex World, Lewis B. Smedes; HarperCollins, 1991.

Classic Cases in Medical Ethics. 4^th Edition., Gregory E. Pence. McGraw Hill Publishing, 2004

Clinical Ethics, 3^rd Ed., Albert R. Jonsen, Mark Siegler and William J. Winslade; McGraw-Hill, 1992.

Clinical Ethics – A Practical Approach to Ethical Decisions in Clinical Medicine (4th Edition), by Albert R. Jonsen / Mark Siegler, McGraw Hill – Health Professions Division, 1998

Code of Medical Ethics of the American Medical Association; Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs; Current Opinions with Annotations 2006-2007 Edition, American Medical Association, 2006.

Companion to Bioethics, Helga Kuhse and Peter Singer (editors), Blackwell Publishers, 2001.

Companion to Ethics, Peter Singer (editor), Blackwell Publishers, 1993.

Competence to Consent, Becky Cox White; Georgetown University Press, 1994.

The Compliance Guide to Ethics, Rights, and Responsibilities: Winning Strategies for JCAHO and CMS Compliance, Sue Dill Calloway, HCPro Inc., 2005.

Concise Guide to Ethics in Mental Health Care,, Laura Weiss Roberts, M.D., Allen R. dyer, M.D., Ph.D., American Psychiatric Publishing, 2004.

Concepts and Cases in Nursing Ethics, 2nd Ed., Edited by Michael Yeo and Anne Moorhouse; Broadview Press, 1996.

Contemporary Issues in Bioethics, 4th Ed., Tom L. Beauchamp; Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1994.

Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers,, Kwame Anthony Appiah, W.W. Norton & Company, 2006. The Ethics of Identity, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Princeton University Press, 2005

A Cross-Cultural Introduction to Bioethics. , Darryl R. J. Macer (Ed.); Eubios Ethics Institute, 2006.

A Cross-Cultural Dialogue on Health Care Ethics, Edited by Harold Coward and Pinit Ratanakul; Wilfred Laurier University Press, 1999.

Culture, Health and Illness, 3^rd Ed., Cecil G. Helman; Reed Educational and Professional Publishing, 1994.

Deciding for Others: The Ethics of Surrogate Decision Making, Allen E. Buchanan and Dan W. Brock; Cambridge University Press, 1990.

Deciding Together: Bioethics and Moral Consensus, Jonathan D. Moreno; Oxford University Press, 1995.

The Definition of Death: Contemporary Controversies, Edited by Stuart J. Younger, Robert M. Arnold and Renie Schapiro; John Hopkins University Press, 1999.

Disability, Difference, Discrimination: Perspectives on Justice in Bioethics and Public Policy, Anita Silvers, David Wasserman and Mary Mahowald; Rowman and Littefield, 1998.

Doing Right: A Practical Guide to Ethics for Medical Trainees and Physicians, Philip C. Hebert; Oxford University Press, 1996.

Due Consideration: Controversy in the Age of Medical Miracles, Arthur Caplan, John Wiley & Sons, 1998.

The Elimination of Morality: Reflections on Utilitarianism and Bioethics, Anne Maclean; Rutledge, 1993.

Embodying Bioethics: Recent Feminist Advances, Edited by Anne Donchin and Laura Purdy; Rowman and Littlefield, 1999.

The Enigma of Health, Hans-Georg Gadamer; Stanford University Press, 1996.

Essays on Bioethics, R.M. Hare; Clarendon Press, 1993.

Ethical and Legal Issues in Home Health Care and Long-Term Care: Challenges and Solutions, Dennis A. Robbins; Aspen Publishers Inc., 1996.

Ethical Choices: Case Studies for Medical Practice, Edited by Lois Snyder; American College of Physicians, 1996.

Ethical Decisions for Social Work Practice, Third Edition, by Frank Loewenberg and Ralph Dolgoff, Peacock Publishers Inc. 1988.

Ethical Issues Relevant to Physical Therapy, Lynne Geddes; Eagle Press, 1999.

The Ethical Process: A Strategy for Making Good Decisions, Marvin T. Brown; Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1996

Ethics for Everyone: A Practical guide to interdisciplinary biomedical ethics education, Edited by Linda Grafius; American Societ yfor Healthcare Education and Training, 1995.

Ethics in an Aging Society, Harry R. Moody; John Hopkins University Press, 1992.

The Ethics of Inheritable Genetic Modification: A Dividing Line?, Edited by John Rasko, Gabrielle O'Sullivan, Rachel Ankeny. Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Ethics in the New Age, Volume 2, 1999 by John Dossetor Health Ethics Centre.

Ethics of Psychiatry: Insanity, Rational Autonomy, and Mental Health Care, Edited by Rem B. Edwards; Prometheus Boods, 1997.

The Ethics of Organ Transplants, Arthur Caplan and Daniel Coelho; Prometheus Books, 1998

Ethics of Research with Human Subjects, Selected Policies and Resources, Edited by Jeremy Sugarman, Anna C. Mastroinanni, and Jeffrey P. Kahn, University Publishing Group, 1998.

Everyday Ethics: Resolving Dilemmas in Nursing Home Life, Edited by Rosalie A. Kane and Arthur L. Caplan; Springer Publishing Company, 1990.

Feminist Perspectives in Medical Ethics, Edited by Helen Bequaert Holmes and Laura M. Purdy; Indiana University Press, 1992.

The Foundations of Bioethics, 2nd Ed., H. Tristam Engelhardt, Jr.; Oxford University Press, 1996.

A Guide to Ethical Values and Commitments of Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care Toronto, Ontario, Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, 1998. , Ontario, Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, 1998.

Global Bioethics: Building on the Leopald Legacy, Van Rensselaer Potter; Michigan State University Press, 1988.

Golden Years: Elder Abuse - A Handbook for Front-Line Helpers Working With Seniors, Virginia Boyack; Kerby Center, 1997.

Good Care, Painful Choices: Medical Ethics for Ordinary People, Richard J. Devine; Paulist Press, 1996.

Harsh Realities Agonizing Choices: Making Moral Decisions in a Morally Complex World, Perry C. Cotham; College Press Publishing Co., 1996.

The Healthcare Ethics Committee Experience, edited by Stuart F. Spicker. Crieger Publishing Company, 1998.

Health Care Ethics Committees: The Next Generation, Judith Wilson Ross et al; American Hospital Publishing, 1993.

Health Care Ethics: Principles and Problems, 2^nd Ed., Thomas M. Garret, Harold Baillie and Rosellen Garret; Prentice Hall, 1993.

Health Ethics Guide, Catholic Health Association of Canada 2000.

Health, Illness and Medicine in Canada (Second edition), by Juanne Nancarrow Clarke, Oxford University Press, 1996.

The Human Body Shop: The Engineering and Marketing of Life, Andrew Kimball; HarperCollins, 1993.

Human Dignity and Bioethics, Essays Commissioned by the President’s Council on Bioethics, 2008

If I Were a Rich Man Could I Buy a Pancreas? and Other Essays on the Ethics of Health Care, Arthur L. Caplan; Indiana University Press, 1992.

In the Case of Children: Paediatric Ethics in a Canadian Context, Edited by Francoise Baylis and Cate McBurney; The Hospital for Sick Children, 1993.

Institutional Policy in Paediatric Practice: Documenting Canadian Experience, Edited by Francoise Baylis, Lisa Eckenwiler and Louise Kunicki; The Hospital for Sick Children, 1993.

Just Health: Meeting Health Needs Fairly. ,Norman Daniels; Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Just Health Care: Studies in Philosophy and Health Policy, Norman Daniels; Cambridge University Press, 1997.

Just Results:, Ethical Foundations for Policy Analysis, Ralph D. Ellis, Georgetown University Press, 1998.

Kidney For Sale By Owner: Human Organs, Transplantation, and the Market. By Mark J. Cherry. Georgetown University Press, 2005.

Knowing Your Ethical Preferences: A Working Guide, Christopher Levan and Thomas Maddix; Nelson, Thomson Learning, 2000

Legal Liability of Doctors and Hospitals in Canada, 3^rd Ed., Ellen I. Picard &Gerald B. Robertson; Carswell, 1996.

Let Me Decide, Dr. William Molloy and Virginia Mepham; Penguin Books, 1996.

Life's Dominion: An Argument About Abortion, Euthanasia, and Individual Freedom, Ronald Dworkin; Random House, 1994.

Long-Term Care Decisions: Ethical and Conceptual Dimensions, Edited by Laurence B. McCullogh and Nancy L. Wilson; John Hopkins University Press, 1995.

Lying on the Couch (novel). Irvin D. Yalom; HarperCollins, 1996.

A Matter of Life and Death: Bioethics and the Christian, Al Truesdale; Beacon Hill Press, 1990.

Medical Futility and the Evaluation of Life-Sustaining Interventions, Edited by Marjorie B. Zucker and Howard D. Zucker; Cambridge University Press, 1997.

Medicine, Money & Morals: Physicians' Conflicts of Interest, Marc A. Rodwin; Oxford University Press, 1993

Medicine and the Market: Equity vs. Choice, Daniel Callahan and Angela A. Wasunna, .The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006

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The Moral Challenge of Alzheimer Disease, Stephen G. Post; Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995.

Narrative Matters: The Power of the Personal Essay in Health Policy, Fitzhugh Mullan MD, Ellen Ficklen, Kyna Rubin, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006

Neonatal Bioethics: The Moral Challenges of Medical Innovation, John D. Lantos, M.D. and William L. Meadow, M.D., The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.

Neuroethics: Challenges for the 21st Century Neil Levy. Cambridge University Press, 2007.

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New Ethics for the Public's Health, Edited by Dan E. Beauchamp and Bonnie Steinbock; Oxford University Press, 1999.

Organization Ethics in Health Care, by Edward M. Spencer, Ann E. Mills, Mary V. Rorty, Particia H. Werhane. Oxford University Press 2000.

Poverty, Vulnerability, and the Value of Human Life: A Global Agenda for Bioethics, Edited by Z. Bankowski and J.H. Bryant; Council of International Organizations of Medical Sciences, 1995.

Practical Decision Making in Health Care Ethics: Cases and Concepts, Raymond J. Devettere; Georgetown University Press, 1995.

Practical Reasoning in Bioethics, James F. Childress; Indiana University Press, 1997.

Prescribing Our Future: Ethical Challenges in Genetic Counselling, Dianne M. Bartels, Bonnie S. LeRoy and Arthur Caplan (eds), Walter de Gruyter, 1993.

Principles of Biomedical Ethics, 4^th Ed., Tom Beauchamp and James Childress; Oxford University Press, 1994.

Principles of Biomedical Ethics, Fifth Edition, by Tom L. Beauchamp, James Childress. Oxford University Press 2001.

Readings in Biomedical Ethics: A Canadian Focus, Eike-Henner W. Kluge; Prentice-Hall Inc., 1993.

Resolving Ethical Dilemmas in Social Work Practice, by Norman Linzer, Yeshiva University. Allyn and Bacon, 1999.

The Roles and Responsibilities of the Ethics Consultant: The Retrospective Analysis of Cases, by Benjamin Freedman, Edited by Francoise Baylis – University Publishing Group, 2000

Setting Limits: Medical Goals in an Agine Society with "A Response to My Critics," Daniel Callahan; Georgetown University Press, 1987.

Setting Limits Fairly: Learning to Share Resources for Health" by Norman Daniels and James E. Sabin. Oxford University Press, 2008.

Slow Cures and Bad Philosophers: Essays on Wittgenstein, Medicine, and Bioethics,"Carl Elliott, Editor; Duke University Press, April 2001

Smart Mice, Not-So-Smart People: ,An Interesting and Amusing Guide to Bioethics, Arthur L. Caplan, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc, 2007.

Source Book in Bioethics: A Documentary History, Edited by Albert R. Jonsen, Roberts M. Veatch and LeRoy Walters; Georgetown University Press, 1998.

Stewards of Life: Bioethics and Pastoral Care, Sondra Ely Wheeler; Abingdon Press, 1996.

Strained Mercy: The Economics Canadian Health Care, Robert G. Evans; Butterworths, 1984.

Three Realms of Ethics, John W. Glaser; Sheed & Ward, 1994.

To Treat or Not to Treat: Bioethics and the Handicapped Newborn, Richard Sparks; Paulist Press, 1988.

Tough Choices: Living and Dying in the 21st Century, Maureen A. McTeer; Irwin Law, 1999.

Tough Decisions: A Casebook in Medical Ethics, John M. Freeman and Kevin McDonnell; Oxford University Press, 1987.

Toward a Moral Horizon: Nursing Ethics for Leadership and Practice. Janet L. Storch, Patricia Rodney and Rosalie Starzomski. 2004.

Tragic Choices: The Conflicts Society Confronts in the Allocation fo Tragically Scarce Resources, Guido Calabresi & Philip Bobbit; W.W. Norton & Company, 1978.

Transcultural Dimensions in Medical Ethics, Edited by Edmund Pellegrino, Patricia Mazzarella and Pietro Corsi; University Publishing Group Inc., 1992.

The Virtues in Medical Practice, Edmund D. Pellegrino and David C. Thomasma; Oxford University Press, 1993.

Walkin' Over Medicine, Loudell F. Snow; Wayne State University Press, 1995.

Well and Good: A Case Study Approach to Biomedical Ethics, Wilfrid J. Waluchow, John E. Thomas; Broadview Press, 1998.

What Determines Health? National Forum on Health; Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada, 1996.

What's Law Got to Do With It? Health Care Reform in Canada, The Canadian Bar Association Task Force Report; The Canadian Bar Association, 1994.

What Price Mental Health? The Ethics and Politics of Setting Priorities, Edited by Philip J. Boyle and Daniel Callahan; Georgetown University Press, 1995.

What the Doctor Didn't Say: Hidden Truth About Medical Research. ,Jerry Menikoff and Edward P. Richards. Oxford University Press, 2006.

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What Your Doctor Really Thinks: Diagnosing the Doctor-Patient Relationship, Ian Blumer; Dundurn Group, 1999.

When Doctors Say No: The Battleground of Medical Futility, Susan B. Rubin; Indiana University Press, 1998.

When the Mind Fails: A Guide to Dealing With Incompetency, Michel Silberfeld and Arthur Fish; University of Toronto Press, 1994.

Who's Life is it Anyway? A play by Brian Clark, with introduction and notes by Ray Speakman. Heinemann Education Publishers, 1989.

A World Growing Old: The Coming Health Care Challenges, Edited by Daniel Callahan, Rudd H. J. Meulen, and Eva Topinkova; Georgetown University Press, 1999.

Wrong Medicine: Doctors, Patients and Futile Treatment, Lawrence J. Schneiderman and Nancy S. Jecker; John Hopkins University Press, 1995.