Alpha and Omega: Ethics at the Frontiers of Life and Death
Language: English
Published by Stanford Alumni Association, Stanford University, California, USA, 1988
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: Bookmarc's, La Porte, TX, U.S.A.Bookmarc's
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Condition: Used - Very good
£ 1.35
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketItem description from seller
BX3 - A trade paperback book in very good condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with only very, very minor overall wear plus some light creasing of the front cover at the top right corner. A title in the Portable Stanford series. A book that examines the ethical choices brought about by rapid technological and social changes. The questions considered include abortion, voluntary euthanasia and the doctor's role in it, treatment of near-death AIDS patients and surrogate parenthood. The book also looks at future developmental trends in medical technology and the ethical questions they may generate in turn. The author is a hospital chaplain and teacher of medical ethics. By the author of "A Time to Be Born, A time to Die." Endnotes, author biography, 199p. Size: 6.5"x9".
Seller Inventory # SCW02147
Bibliographic details
- Title
- Alpha and Omega: Ethics at the Frontiers of Life and Death
- Author
- Young, Ernle W. D.
- Publisher
- Stanford Alumni Association, Stanford University, California, USA
- Publication year
- 1988
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket as Issued
- Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0916318362
- ISBN 13
- 9780916318369
- Seller catalogs
- Law & Criminality, Law & Criminality::History of Law, Medicine & Health, Medicine & Health::Caregiving, Medicine & Health::Death & Dying, Medicine & Health::History of Medicine, Medicine & Health::Medical Ethics, Philosophy, Philosophy::Morality & Values, Technical & Engineering, Technical & Engineering::History of Technology
Bookmarc's
La Porte, TX, U.S.A.
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