Bioethics and Armed Conflict: Moral Dilemmas of Medicine and War

by Michael L. Gross

Is medical ethics in times of armed conflict identical to medical ethics in times of peace, as the World Medical Association declares? In Bioethics and Armed Conflict, the first comprehensive study of medical ethics in conventional, unconventional, and low-intensity war, Michael Gross examines the dilemmas that arise when bioethical principles clash with military necessity--when physicians try to save lives during an endeavor dedicated to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262572265
• ISBN13: 9780262572262
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher