The book I am doing for my book review is called Bioethics by Carla Mooney. The book starts off by talking about the birth of bioethics; mainly talking about how bioethics started and the main ideas of bioethics. This first chapter in Bioethics is called "The Beginning of Life". In this chapter the topics of artificial insemination and the acts of the government to keep it safe for woman. The next chapter is entitled "The Descision Makers". This chapter talks about vaccinations and the history of vaccinations. The third chapter of Bioethics is called "The End of Life". This chapter talks about the history of euthanasia and the medical advances in voluntary suicide. The chapter goes on to talk about the controversy of choosing to die and it gave stories of people who suffered through controversy of euthanasia. The fourth chapter is called "Research and Development". This chapter talks about the research researchers are doing and the clinical trial going on with animals and people. The fifth chapter of Bioethics is called "Genetic testing and Engineering". This chapter starts off by talking about the early research of genetic testing and then goes on to talk about the impact it can have on people's lives. Its ends by talking about how gene therapy can be used for treatment. The six and final chapter is called "Stem Cell Research and Cloning". It starts off by talking about cloning, saying clonining is " a group of cells or an organism like a plant animal, or human that forms from a single cell of another organism". The chapter then talks about the different animals that have been cloned. In closing, the chapter talks about the stem cell debate and the future of stem cell research.

The first half of this book really describes the different types of bioethics very well. Each chapter is filled with information on vaccinations, euthanasia, and artificial insemination. Although there was a lot of good information, it sometimes became very redundant. Some examples were given over and over again when you felt like you had already gotten the point. But overall, the first half of this book was very informative and gave me a deeper understanding of the world of bioethics.

The second half of Bioethics was discussed a lot of different topics than the first half. I also felt that the book began to get more interesting because it began to talk about the research and how it has effect today than rather talking about examples in the past. Still though it became a little redundant, but I was able to stay in the book and I was able to read it a lot easier.

Overall as a book, it was an ok read for the topic and I learned a lot of new information.

Mooney, Carla. Bioethics. Farmington Hills, MI: Lucent Books, 2009. 122. Print.

My fourth print source is called "Dulce New Mexico's Underground Base" by an unknown author. The first part of this source mainly talks about the underground base in Dulce, New Mexico. One quote from the article that is disturbing is the following; "There are experiments done on fish, seals, birds, and mice that are vastly altered from their original forms. There are multi-armed and multi-legged humans and several cages of humanoid bat-like creatures up to seven feet tall. The aliens have taught the humans a lot about genetics, things both useful and dangerous". The article goes on to talk about floor plans and the aliens that supposedly run the base.

I found this article very interesting because of what the government could be hiding from us. Many things the government could be doing there are disturbing and very weird. This source really helps with the controversial side of bioethics.

"Awesome or Off-Putting." Hecklerspray. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 April 2010

< http://www.hecklerspray.com/awesome-or-off-putting-dulce-new-mexicos-secret-underground-government-base/20079505.php >.

My multimedia source is called "Right to Die, Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia" by an unknown source. This documentary follows the story of two couples: one couple having a husband suffering from ALS and the other both wanting to die because the husband continues to suffer from heart attacks. The documentary follows there story to switzerland where euthanasia is legal and a company decides if they are candidates for assisted suicide.

This documentary gives a very good presentation of showing the controversy of euthanasia. The heartache and suffering the families go through is almost unbareable. My understanding now of euthanasia has greatly improved and my point of view on the matter has changed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxQYTFIZi8A&feature=related

The third small print source I found was called "Euthanasia" by an unknown author. The article begins mainly talking about what euthanasia is. In case you didn't know, euthanasia "is the act of either painlessly causing the death or failing to prevent death from occurring from natural causes in an individual with a terminal illness or in an irreversible coma". The article goes on to talk about the origins of euthanasia. The article displays many court cases on euthanasia and shown how it has evovled from the early 1900s to now.

This is a very good article because it tells a lot what euthanasia is and how it's medical advances relate to the public. What I also like is how it talks about the controversy of subject. Obviously euthanasia is controversial, but the article does a very good job of going into detail of the opinions of the public.

"Euthanasia." faqs.org. faqs.org, n.d. Web 7 April 2010.

http://www.faqs.org/health/topics/48/Euthanasia.html

The second article I am doing for my post is called "What is Bioethics" by The Center for Practical Bioethics. At the very beginning of the article it asks to questions partaining to bioethics; "What is the right or good thing to do?" and "What are our obligations to one another?". It goes on to say that bioethicist use these questions to determine what is best for society. The article continues to talk how bioethics was coined and all the concerns that bioethics deals with. It also goes on to talk about issues like global healthcare, distributive justice, and life sciences.


I really like this article because it gives a quick and to the point synopsis about bioethics. I really should have put this as my first print source because it give a good understanding of what bioethics is and is a good introduction to bioethics. One negative though is that the article doesn't really talk about the different branches of bioethics which could still leave question on the matter. All in all, this source is very good in the basics of bioethics.

"What is Bioethics?." Center for Practical Bioethics. Center for Practical Bioethics,

n.d. Web 1 April 2010. http://www.practicalbioethics.org/cpb.aspx/pgID=878