Download or read book Bioethics in a European Perspective written by H.A. Ten Have and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2001-12-31 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gives an overview of the most salient themes in present-day bioethics. The book focuses on perspectives typical for the European context. This highlights not only particular bioethical themes such as social justice, choices in health care, and health policy (e.g., in post-communist countries), it also emphasizes specific approaches in ethical theory, in relation to Continental philosophies such as phenomenology and hermeneutics.