Medical Ethics : A Very Short Introduction.
Tony. Hope
Bok Engelsk 2004 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Oxford : : Oxford University Press, UK, , 2004.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (168 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; List of illustrations; 1 On why medical ethics is exciting; 2 Euthanasia: good medical practice, or murder?; 3 Why undervaluing 'statistical' people costs lives; 4 People who don't exist; at least not yet; 5 A tool-box for reasoning; 6 Inconsistencies about madness; 7 How modern genetics is testing traditional confidentiality; 8 Is medical research the new imperialism?; 9 Family medicine meets the House of Lords; Notes and references; Further reading; Index;. - Issues in medical ethics are rarely out of the media and it is an area of ethics that has particular interest for the general public as well as the medical practitioner. This short and accessible introduction provides an invaluable tool with which to think about the ethical values that lie at the heart of medicine. Tony Hope deals with thorny moral questions, such as euthanasia and the morality of killing, and also explores political questions such as: how should health care. resources be distributed fairly? - ;Issues in medical ethics are rarely out of the media and it is an area of ethics th
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| ISBN | 9780192802828
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