Intervention and Reflection: Basic Issues in Medical Ethics - Hardcover

Munson, Ronald

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0534565077 ISBN 13: 9780534565077

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 1980

Synopsis

The most widely used medical ethics textbook today, Munson's INTERVENTION AND REFLECTION is the standard for this course. A collection of the most up to date and influential positions within the most pressing contemporary debates in medical ethics, this book provides students with the most comprehensive and authoritative introduction to the subject as well as a wide variety of cases to study. The combination of Munson's astute editing (which gives priority to non-technical readings), a wide variety of cases provided alongside the social contexts in which they arise, and insightful commentaries makes this book accessible and provocative to students with no formal philosophical training as well as to students with more formal experience in philosophy and/or the medical professions.

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Synopsis

Emphasizing cases in order to illustrate the medical, scientific, and social issues raised in bioethics, Munson (philosophy of science and medicine, U. of Missouri-St. Louis) also uses analytical text, readings, and "decision scenarios" to make his points. Chapters cover such topics as patient autonomy and confidentiality, race and gender in medici

Edition details

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0534565077
• ISBN 13: 9780534565077
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 720