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Judging Medicine
George J. Annas
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Description for Judging Medicine
Paperback. Series: Contemporary Issues in Biomedicine, Ethics and Society. Num Pages: 438 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 640.
In the early 1970s, well before the field ofbioethics had established itself in medicine or anywhere else, the Hastings Center organized a small meeting of law school professors. The question we put to them was: what could or should be done to stimulate legal interest in the field? The answer we got was a wise one. We should do nothing to forcefeed the interest. It should simply be allowed to develop on its own, by the ordinary route of attracting a following because of its inherent importance. That is just what happened, and one of the first young legal scholars ... Read more
In the early 1970s, well before the field ofbioethics had established itself in medicine or anywhere else, the Hastings Center organized a small meeting of law school professors. The question we put to them was: what could or should be done to stimulate legal interest in the field? The answer we got was a wise one. We should do nothing to forcefeed the interest. It should simply be allowed to develop on its own, by the ordinary route of attracting a following because of its inherent importance. That is just what happened, and one of the first young legal scholars ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Humana Press Inc. United States
Number of pages
438
Condition
New
Series
Contemporary Issues in Biomedicine, Ethics and Society
Number of Pages
438
Place of Publication
Totowa, NJ, United States
ISBN
9780896031937
SKU
V9780896031937
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99-15
Reviews for Judging Medicine
There are many reasons to applaud and recommend this book....Annas is crystal clear....Especially adept at dissecting decision making into its medical, legal, and ethical components.-Journal of the American Medical Association