Taking sides
Subtitle: clashing views in health and society
By: [selected, edited, and with introductions by] Eileen L. Daniel
Edition: Eleventh edition.
Series: Taking sides; Taking sides
Publisher: McGraw Hill
Published: 2013
Place of publication: [New York]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780078139567
Subjects: Health behavior; Health; Decision making; Medical care; Health Behavior; Habitudes sanitaires; Santé; Aspect social; Prise de décision; Social aspects; United States; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (United States)
Other titles: Clashing views in health and society
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Unit 1. The health care industry. Does the Affordable Health Care Act violate religious freedom by requiring health care plans to cover birth control?; title: Should health care be rationed in the U.S.?; title: Should prescription drugs be advertised directly to consumers?; title: Are we winning the war on cancer?; title: Should marijuana be legalized for medicinal purposes?; title: Unit 2. Health and society. Is the use of "smart" pills for cognitive enhancement dangerous?; title: Should embryonic stem cell research be permitted?; title: Unit 3. Mind-body relationships.; title: Should addiction to drugs be labeled a brain disease?; title: Do religion and prayer benefit health?; title: Unit 4. Sexuality and gender issues. Is it necessary for pregnant women to completely abstain from all alcoholic beverages?; title: Should pro-life health providers be allowed to deny prescriptions on the basis of conscience?; title: Should the cervical cancer vaccine for girls be compulsory?; title: Do ultrathin models and actresses influence the onset of eating disorders?; title: Is there a valid reason for routine infant male circumcision?; title: Unit 5. Public health issues. Is there a link between vaccination and autism?; title: Do cell phones cause cancer?; title: Will hydraulic fracturing (fracking) negatively affect human health and the environment?; title: Is breastfeeding the best way to feed babies?; title: Are restrictions on sugar and sugary beverages justified?; title: Unit 6. Consumer health. Is weight-loss maintenance possible?; title: Are energy drinks with alcohol dangerous enough to ban?