What price better health? :: hazards of the research imperative /

The idea that we have an unlimited moral imperative to pursue medical research is deeply rooted in American society and medicine. In this provocative work, Daniel Callahan exposes the ways in which such a seemingly high and humane ideal can be corrupted and distorted into a harmful practice.

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Main Author: Callahan, Daniel, 1930-2019
Corporate Author: Milbank Memorial Fund
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : New York : University of California Press ; Milbank Memorial Fund, ©2003.
Series:California/Milbank books on health and the public ; 9.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:The idea that we have an unlimited moral imperative to pursue medical research is deeply rooted in American society and medicine. In this provocative work, Daniel Callahan exposes the ways in which such a seemingly high and humane ideal can be corrupted and distorted into a harmful practice.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 329 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780520939233
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9781417510597
9780520227712
0520227719
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9781598750003
1282358219
9781282358218
9786612358210
6612358211

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