This collection of sixteen landmark cases in the recent history of medical ethics can be used on such courses as medical ethics, bioethics, nursing ethics, and ethics and contemporary issues. Offering a unique approach to the study of such issues as euthanasia, abortion, animal rights, in vitro fertilization, and AIDS testing, the book presents the clinical facts of famous cases, introduces the ethical dilemmas they present, and describes how different philosophers respond.

Classic Cases in Medical Ethics: Accounts of the Cases That Have Shaped Medical Ethics, With Philosophical, Legal, and Historical Backgrounds

Medical Books

Gregory E. Pence

Medicine

Mcgraw-Hill College

After thirty years, Medical Ethics has matured to where a collection of core writings in the field is now possible. There is even a danger that some classic articles will cease to be known because they are no longer included in "issue of the moment" anthologies. This book offers classic, well-written articles that have stood the test of time and have something to teach. These are articles with good philosophical analysis dealing with important topics and making significant contributions to understanding of issues. There are no long, boring selections from government commissions or technical pieces from scientific journals. Many selections illustrate how and why philosophers contributed to the progress of medical ethics. The articles cluster around several broad philosophical questions: terminating the lives of dying patients; assisting human life to begin outside the womb; terminating the beginnings of human life; personhood and higher animals, fetuses, impaired newborns, comatose patients; individual rights against the greater social good; and allocating scarce medical resources.

Classic Works in Medical Ethics: Core Philosophical Readings

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

McGraw–Hill Education

Connect Online Access for Medical Ethics

McGraw-Hill Higher Education (US)

Note: You are purchasing a standalone product. Medical Ethics: Accounts of Groundbreaking Cases provides an in-depth study of Bioethics authored by a pioneer in the field. This program covers some of the most well-known bioethics cases and the ethical issues those cases present. It also gives an overview of current issues in the medical ethics field. The thought-provoking content affords students the opportunity to think beyond what is presented in the book, enabling them to actively assess what they have read. The Connect course for this offering includes SmartBook, an adaptive reading and study experience which guides students to master, recall, and apply key concepts while providing automatically-graded assessments.

MEDICAL ETHICS:ACCOUNTS OF GROUND..(LL)

McGrawHill

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