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Bioethics
Gert, Bernard; Culver, Charles M.; Clouser, K. Danner
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Description for Bioethics
This book includes the latest revisions of the authors' influential analyses of some significant concepts in medicine, such as death, disease, paternalism, euthanasia and valid consent. It presents a useful and systemic method for dealing with the moral problems and disputes, but also allows for some unresolvable disagreement. Num Pages: 384 pages, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 683.
This book is the result of over 30 years of collaboration among its authors. It uses the systematic account of our common morality developed by one of its authors to provide a useful foundation for dealing with the moral problems and disputes that occur in the practice of medicine. The analyses of impartiality, rationality and of morality as a public system not only explain why some bioethical questions, such as the moral acceptability of abortion cannot be resolved, but also provide a method for determining the correct answer for those occasions when a bioethical question has a unique correct answer. ... Read more
This book is the result of over 30 years of collaboration among its authors. It uses the systematic account of our common morality developed by one of its authors to provide a useful foundation for dealing with the moral problems and disputes that occur in the practice of medicine. The analyses of impartiality, rationality and of morality as a public system not only explain why some bioethical questions, such as the moral acceptability of abortion cannot be resolved, but also provide a method for determining the correct answer for those occasions when a bioethical question has a unique correct answer. ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195159066
SKU
V9780195159066
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99-2
Reviews for Bioethics
"The authors provide a significant contribution to the field of bioethics and, overall, provide an insightful and useful discussion of what a systematic analysis of the key bioethical concepts ought to bring to the general understanding of the moral issues in the practice of medicine, in particular cases as well as at a societal level."
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