Medical ethics: a very short introduction

"In this Very Short Introduction, Tony Hope deals with a range of thorny moral questions, some of which are age-old, like euthanasia and the morality of killing, and others of which have arisen with recent advances in medical technology." "Tony Hope also explores political questions,...

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Main Author: Hope, R. Anthony 1951- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford Univ. Press 2004
Series:Very short introduction 114
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Online Access:Table of contents
Summary:"In this Very Short Introduction, Tony Hope deals with a range of thorny moral questions, some of which are age-old, like euthanasia and the morality of killing, and others of which have arisen with recent advances in medical technology." "Tony Hope also explores political questions, discussing how health-care resources can be fairly allocated, and addressing controversial problems such as: Should treatment for mental illness be imposed on patients without their consent? Should post-menopausal women have access to assisted reproduction technologies? And who should have the right to access information from genetic testing?"--BOOK JACKET.
Physical Description:152 S. Ill.
ISBN:0192802828
9780192802828

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