Intervention and reflection : basic issues in medical ethics

Author(s)

• Munson, Ronald

Bibliographic Information

Intervention and reflection : basic issues in medical ethics

[selected by] Ronald Munson

Wadsworth Pub. Co., c1992

4th ed

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 627-669)

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book should be of interest to undergraduate and graduate students of medical ethics, biomedical ethics and health care ethics.

Table of Contents

Preface. Moral principles, Ethical theories, and medical decisions: an introduction. Part I: Termination. Abortion. Treating or terminating: the problem of impaired infants. Euthanasia. Part II: Rights. Aids and its issues. Physicians, patients, and others. Medical experimentation and informed consent. Part III: Controls. Genetics: intervention, control, and research. Repoductive control: in vitro fertilization, artificial. Part IV: Resources. Acquiring and allocating scarce medical resources. The claim to health care. Notes and references. Bibliography.

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Details

• NCID: BA2364579X
• ISBN:
  • 0534163262
• LCCN: 91010161
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Belmont, Calif.
• Pages/Volumes: xviii, 669 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : R724
  • NLM : W 50 I618
  • DC20 : 174/.2
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Medical ethics
  • MESH : Ethics, Medical -- collected works
  • MESH : Ethics, Medical -- problems