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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 ethical theory.
Written by the foremost authorities in bioethics, Life Choices provides a comprehensive introduction to the field. Instructors who have used the first edition as a text will welcome this new, updated edition. Scholars and health care practitioners will find it useful as a valuable reference on a wide range of bioethical issues.
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 ethical theory.
Written by the foremost authorities in bioethics, Life Choices provides a comprehensive introduction to the field. Instructors who have used the first edition as a text will welcome this new, updated edition. Scholars and health care practitioners will find it useful as a valuable reference on a wide range of bioethical issues.
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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.
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William Frederick Sale is chair of the social science division and associate professor of philosophy at Gulf Coast Community College in Panama City, Florida.
"An impressive collection of bioethical scholarship by a group of deservedly respected scholars."―Religious Studies Review
"An excellent text and resource...These essays represent some of the finest work by some of the most accomplished scholars in the field."―Doody's Review Service
"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
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- PublisherGeorgetown University Press
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 087840757X
- ISBN 13 9780878407576
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number2
- Number of pages616
- EditorHowell Joseph H., Sale William Frederick
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