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Biomedical ethics
- Title
- Biomedical ethics / [edited by] Thomas A. Mappes, David DeGrazia.
- Publication
- Boston : McGraw-Hill, [2006], ©2006.
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- Description
- xviii, 723 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "This best-selling anthology of readings with case studies provides an insightful and comprehensive treatment of ethical issues in biomedicine. Appropriate for courses taught in philosophy departments as well as in schools of medicine and nursing, the collection covers provocative topics such as the practice of medicine in a multicultural society, clinical trials in developing countries, physician-assisted suicide, and abortion. The text's effective pedagogical features include chapter introductions, argument sketches, explanations of biomedical terms, and annotated bibliographies."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Ch. 1. General introduction -- Ch. 2. The physician-patient relationship -- Ch. 3. Hospitals, nurses, families, and medical confidentiality -- Ch. 4. Human and animal research -- Ch. 5. Death and decisions regarding life-sustaining treatment -- Ch. 6. Suicide, physician-assisted suicide, and active euthanasia -- Ch. 7. Abortion and research on embryonic stem cells -- Ch. 8. Genetics and human reproduction -- Ch. 9. Social justice and health-care policy.
- ISBN
- 0072976446
- LCCN
- 2005017337
- OCLC
- ocm58998696
- SCSB-5239030
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries