The issues of medical ethics, from moral quandaries of euthanasia and the morality of killing to political dilemmas like
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English Pages 168 Year 2018
Table of contents :
List of illustrations
1 On why medical ethics is exciting
2 Assisted dying: good medical practice, or murder?
3 A toolbox of reasoning
4 People who don’t exist; at least not yet
5 Inconsistencies about madness
6 Helping the helper
7 Establishing fair procedure
8 How modern genetics is testing traditional confidentiality
9 Culture, consent, and community
10 A glance into the future
Notes and references