Medical Ethics: A Very Short Introduction [114, 2 ed.] 9780192547576, 9780198815600, 0198815603

The issues of medical ethics, from moral quandaries of euthanasia and the morality of killing to political dilemmas like

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Medical Ethics: A Very Short Introduction [114, 2 ed.]
 9780192547576,  9780198815600,  0198815603

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

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