Medical ethics : a very short introduction
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- ISBN: 0192802828
- ISBN: 9780192802828
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152 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm. - Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2004.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-144) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | On why medical ethics is exciting -- Euthanasia: good medical practice, or murder? -- Why undervaluing 'statistical' people costs lives -- People who don't exist, at least not yet -- A tool-box for reasoning -- Inconsistencies about madness -- How modern genetics is testing traditional confidentiality -- Is medical research the new imperialism? -- Family medicine meets the House of Lords. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | R 724 .H674 2004 | 30775305480148 | General Collection | Available | - |
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Medical Ethics: a Very Short Introduction
Section | Section Description | Page Number |
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1 | Why is medical ethics so exciting? | |
2 | Euthanasia | |
3 | Allocating heath resources why undervaluating 'statistical' people is costing lives | |
4 | People who don't exist at least not yet | |
5 | A tool-box for reasoning | |
6 | The inconsistencies of madness | |
7 | How modern gentics is testing traditional confidentiality | |
8 | Medical research in poor countries | |
9 | Ordinary medical practice |