Medical ethics
Subtitle: changing attitudes, 1900-2000
By: Robert Snedden
Series: 20th century issues
Publisher: Raintree Steck-Vaughn
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Austin, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9780817258931
Subjects: Medical ethics; Juvenile literature; Bioethics
Description: Surveys the most significant medical advances of the twentieth century and the ethical questions they have posed, presenting both sides of such issues as reproductive rights, organ transplants, euthanasia, and genetic engineering.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 61) and index.
Table of contents: title: First, do no harm; title: Mistrusting the medics; title: Reproductive rights; title: Body shop; title: Good death; title: Of sound mind; title: Brave new world?; title: Glossary.