Philosophical Medical Ethics
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: September 12, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9780471983514
Subjects: Medical ethics; Healing; Medical / Ethics; Ethics; Medical; Consumer Health
First sentence: In November 1981 a respected paediatrician, the late Dr Leonard Arthur, was acquitted of the attempted murder of a newborn infant with Down's syndrome for whom he had prescribed dihydrocodeine and "nursing care only" after the baby had been rejected by his mother.