Readings in Health Care Ethics |
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| Author:
| Boetzkes, Elisabeth Airini
Waluchow, Wilfrid J. |
| Editor:
| Waluchow, Wilfrid J.
Boetzkes, Elisabeth |
| ISBN: | 978-1-55111-258-9 |
| Publication Date: | May 2000 |
| Publisher: | Broadview Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $39.95USD $69.95 |
Book Description:
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Readings in Health Care Ethics provides a wide-ranging selection of important and engaging contributions to the field of health care ethics. Designed as a course text for undergraduate use, the anthology includes fifty-six selections grouped into ten sections. Included are a wide range of the most important essays both on long standing issues in biomedical ethics (such as consent, euthanasia, and research involving human subjects); and on issues that have particularly come to the fore...
More DescriptionReadings in Health Care Ethics provides a wide-ranging selection of important and engaging contributions to the field of health care ethics. Designed as a course text for undergraduate use, the anthology includes fifty-six selections grouped into ten sections. Included are a wide range of the most important essays both on long standing issues in biomedical ethics (such as consent, euthanasia, and research involving human subjects); and on issues that have particularly come to the fore in recent years, such as the allocation of scarce medical resources, and genetic alteration.An extensive introduction provides a accessible general overview of ethical theory for those without previous familiarity with philosophical concepts.