num_pages: 408
description: 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.
language: English
title: Classic Cases in Medical Ethics: Accounts of the Cases That Have Shaped Medical Ethics, With Philosophical, Legal, and Historical Backgrounds
titlecomplete: Classic Cases in Medical Ethics: Accounts of the Cases That Have Shaped Medical Ethics, With Philosophical, Legal, and Historical Backgrounds
genres: Medical Ethics, Medicine, Nonfiction, Science, Philosophy, Medical
ratings_count: 99
publisher: Mcgraw-Hill College