Life and Death: Philosophical Essays in Biomedical Ethics

by Dan W. Brock

Book Overview

How should modern medicine's dramatic new powers to sustain life be employed? How should limited resources be used to extend and improve the quality of life? In this collection, Dan Brock, a distinguished philosopher and bioethicist and co-author of Deciding for Others (Cambridge, 1989), explores the moral issues raised by new ideals of shared decision making between physicians and patients. The book develops an ethical framework for decisions about...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521428335
• ISBN13: 9780521428330
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 452 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.1"