Biomedical Ethics

Professor of Philosophy David DeGrazia; Thomas A Mappes; Jeffrey Brand Ballard
McGraw-Hill Education
 9780073407456
0-07-340745-3

This best-selling anthology of readings with case studies provides insightful and comprehensive treatment of ethical issues in medicine. Appropriate for courses taught in philosophy departments, bioethics.

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programs, as well as schools of medicine and nursing, the collection covers such provocative topics as biomedical enhancement, clinical trials in developing countries, animal research, physician-assisted suicide, and health care reform. The text's effective pedagogical features include chapter introductions, argument sketches, explanations of medical terms, headnotes, and annotated bibliographies.