Values in medicine
Subtitle: what are we really doing to patients?
By: Donald Evans
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Biomedical law and ethics library
Publisher: Routledge-Cavendish
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780415424684; 9780415424691; 9780203940426
Description: Written by a leading proponent of the philosophy and ethics of healthcare, this volume, filled with thought-provoking and frequently controversial ideas and arguments provides readers with a contribution to the literature on medical ethics.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-210) and index.
Table of contents: title: What are we really doing to patients?; title: Radical disagreement and cultural dissonance; title: Mystery in surgery; title: Equitable health care; title: Is infertility a health need?; title: The child's interests in assisted reproduction; title: Qualifying as a person; title: Are animals our equals?; title: Patients and research; title: Ethics, nanotechnologies and health; title: Imagination and medical education.