UID:
edocfu_9959231322502883
Format:
1 online resource (301 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780203005606
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0203005600
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9781134954209
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1134954204
Content:
A critical survey of the issues in a controversial field, The Value of Life explores the dilemmas in current medical practice and research. Harris argues for a radical reappraisal of our ways of thinking about medical ethics.
Note:
Cover title : The value of life : an introduction to medical ethics.
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Beings, human beings and persons; 2 Above all do no harm; 3 Must doctors help their patients?; 4 Killing: A caring thing to do?; 5 The value of life; 6 The beginnings of life; 7 Whose body is it anyway?; 8 A woman's right to choose; 9 Sexual morality and the natural; 10 Respect for persons I; 11 Respect for persons II; 12 Death is abolished; Notes; Suggested further reading; Index
,
English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1138129747
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0415040329
Language:
English