Bioethics: Basic Writings on the Key Ethical Questions That Surround the Major, Modern Biological Possibilities

by Thomas A. Shannon

Book Overview

Issues in bioethics, medicine, and healthcare continue to plague us - as patients, as consumers, as citizens. Here, under one cover, are thirty of the most current and perceptive articles, culled from... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809134446
• ISBN13: 9780809134441
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Paulist Press
• Length: 542 Pages
• Weight: 1.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Great Reading Collection on the Topic

Good collection of dated, but still pertinent issues concerning this growing area of ethics.This text was one of the textbooks used in a graduate class taken on bioethics. Enjoyed the range of authors and perspectives on the topics of abortion, handicapped children, death and dying, research and human experimentation, informed consent, genetic engineering, allocation of scarce resources.Inputs are given from medical, philosophy and religious perspectives, leaning more towards the first two. This will provide an adequate base for one to springboard from into further delving, utilizing additional current bibliographical sources to explore pertinent areas of interest.