The Ends of Human Life: Medical Ethics in a Liberal Polity

by Ezekiel J. Emanuel

Book Overview

The years since the late 1950s have spawned public debate on medical ethical issues ranging from abortion, terminating life-sustaining care, and euthanasia to informed consent, the just allocation of medical resources, and surrogate motherhood. Yet for all the increased attention focused on these issues, there has been no consensus on their resolution.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674253256
• ISBN13: 9780674253254
• Release Date: February 1992
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 307 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.5"