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Life Choices
. Ed(S): Howell, Joseph H.; Sale, William Frederick
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Description for Life Choices
Paperback. An introduction to bioethics. It examines a comprehensive range of ethical questions and covers such topics as moral decision making, abortion, euthanasia and assisted suicide, life-sustaining technologies, organ transplantation, reproductive technologies, and the allocation of health care resources. Editor(s): Howell, Joseph H.; Sale, William Frederick. Series: Hastings Center Studies in Ethics Series. Num Pages: 616 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBDC; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 817.
An authoritative introduction to bioethics, "Life Choices" examines a comprehensive range of ethical questions and brings together some of the most probing and instructive essays published in the field. Some of the articles are classics in the literature of bioethics, while others address current issues. Topics include moral decision making, abortion, euthanasia and assisted suicide, life-sustaining technologies, organ transplantation, reproductive technologies, and the allocation of health care resources. This second edition features new sections on the goals and allocation of medicine and on the cloning of human beings. It also includes new articles on genetics, the duty to die, and ... Read more
An authoritative introduction to bioethics, "Life Choices" examines a comprehensive range of ethical questions and brings together some of the most probing and instructive essays published in the field. Some of the articles are classics in the literature of bioethics, while others address current issues. Topics include moral decision making, abortion, euthanasia and assisted suicide, life-sustaining technologies, organ transplantation, reproductive technologies, and the allocation of health care resources. This second edition features new sections on the goals and allocation of medicine and on the cloning of human beings. It also includes new articles on genetics, the duty to die, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
616
Condition
New
Series
Hastings Center Studies in Ethics Series
Number of Pages
616
Place of Publication
Washington, DC, United States
ISBN
9780878407576
SKU
V9780878407576
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About . Ed(S): Howell, Joseph H.; Sale, William Frederick
Joseph H. Howell is director of instructional technology at Pensacola Junior College. William Frederick Sale is chair of the social science division and associate professor of philosophy at Gulf Coast Community College in Panama City, Florida.
Reviews for Life Choices
The articles ... represent some of the most important positions taken on the topics under consideration. Health Progress Highly recommended not only to those involved in teaching bioethics but also to a general audience, including practicing physicians. Canadian Medical Association Journal An excellent text and resource ... These essays represent some of the finest work by some of the most ... Read more