Bioethics for Beginners: 60 Cases and Cautions from the Moral Frontier of Healthcare

by Glenn McGee

Book Overview

How far is too far? 60 cases illustrating modern bioethical dilemmas

Bioethics for Beginners maps the giant dilemmas posed by new technologies and medical choices, using 60 cases taken from our headlines, and from the worlds of medicine and science. This eminently readable book takes it one case at a time, shedding light on the social, economic and legal side of 21st century medicine while giving the reader an informed basis on which...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0470659114
• ISBN13: 9780470659113
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.3"