Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 329 pages)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0520227719
,
0520939239
,
1598750003
,
1417510595
,
9780520227712
,
9780520939233
,
9781598750003
,
9781417510597
Series Statement:
California / Milbank books on health and the public 9
Content:
The idea that we have an unlimited moral imperative to pursue medical research is deeply rooted in American society and medicine. In this provocative work, Daniel Callahan exposes the ways in which such a seemingly high and humane ideal can be corrupted and distorted into a harmful practice
Content:
The emergence and growth of the research imperative? -- Protecting the integrity of science -- Is research a moral obligation? -- Curing the sick, helping the suffering, enhancing the well -- Assessing risks and benefits -- Using humans for research -- Pluralism, balance, and controversy -- Doing good and doing well -- Advocacy and priorities for research -- Research and the public interest
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0520246640
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520246645
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Callahan, Daniel, 1930- What price better health? Berkeley : University of California Press ; New York : Milbank Memorial Fund, ©2003
Language:
English
URL:
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Author information:
Callahan, Daniel 1930-2019
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