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Medical ethics
- Title
- Medical ethics / edited by Michael Boylan.
- Format
- E-Book
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Published
- Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley-Blackwell, c2014.
- Description
- 1 online resource (xvi, 386 p.)
- URL
- Access for [All Campuses] - (Available on campus and off campus with authorized logon)
- Other contributors
- Boylan, Michael, 1952- Medical ethics.
- Notes
- Rev. ed. of: Medical ethics / Michael Boylan. c2000. Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Summary
- "The second edition of Medical Ethics deals accessibly with a broad range of significant issues in bioethics, and presents the reader with the latest developments. This new edition has been greatly revised and updated, with half of the sections written specifically for this new volume. An accessible introduction for beginners, offering a combination of important established essays and new essays commissioned especially for this volume. Greatly revised - half of the selections are new to this edition, including two essays on genetic enhancement and a section on gender, race and culture. Includes new material on ethical theory as a grounding for understanding the ethical dimensions of medicine and healthcare. Now includes a short story on organ allocation, providing a vivid approach to the issue for readers. Provides students with the tools to write their own case study essays. An original section on health provides a theoretical context for the succeeding essays. Presents a carefully selected set of readings designed to progressively move the reader to competency in subject comprehension and essay writing"--Provided by publisher.
- Subject headings
- Medical ethics.
- Medical subjects
- Ethics, Medical.
- ISBN
- 9781118657973 (electronic bk.) 1118657977 (electronic bk.) 9781118494752 111849475X 9781118657904 111865790X 9781118657928 1118657926 9781118657942 1118657942 9781118657959 1118657950 1118657977