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- catalog abstract "Although modern developments in medical science have produced some dramatic benefits, they have also raised difficult and sometimes controversial moral and legal questions. How much information should a physician give to a patient? If preserving the life means increasing suffering, should every means be exercised to prolong life? Should we screen the population and reduce the reproductive freedom of individuals with genetic diseases? Frank Harron, John Burnside, and Tom Beauchamp examine these and many other questions confronted today by health care professionals, patients and their families, policy makers, and all informed, responsible citizens. They explore such provocative problems as euthanasia, abortion, in vitro fertilization, health care and distributive justice, truth-telling and informed consent, determination of death, and genetic engineering. Their approach reaches behind the headlines and beyond the controversy to enable the reader to make his or her own informed decisions. -from back cover.".
- catalog contributor b890865.
- catalog contributor b890866.
- catalog contributor b890867.
- catalog created "c1983.".
- catalog date "1983".
- catalog date "c1983.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1983.".
- catalog description "Although modern developments in medical science have produced some dramatic benefits, they have also raised difficult and sometimes controversial moral and legal questions. How much information should a physician give to a patient? If preserving the life means increasing suffering, should every means be exercised to prolong life? Should we screen the population and reduce the reproductive freedom of individuals with genetic diseases? Frank Harron, John Burnside, and Tom Beauchamp examine these and many other questions confronted today by health care professionals, patients and their families, policy makers, and all informed, responsible citizens. They explore such provocative problems as euthanasia, abortion, in vitro fertilization, health care and distributive justice, truth-telling and informed consent, determination of death, and genetic engineering. Their approach reaches behind the headlines and beyond the controversy to enable the reader to make his or her own informed decisions. -from back cover.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographies and index.".
- catalog description "Making moral decisions -- The value and rights of human life: abortion and prenatal procedures -- Euthanasia: decisions about life and death -- Death and personhood -- Informed consent: how much do you have to know? -- Health and the "right" to health -- Health care ... for whom? -- Applied genetics: information and intervention.".
- catalog extent "xv, 194 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0300028989".
- catalog identifier "0300030266 (pbk.)".
- catalog issued "1983".
- catalog issued "c1983.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New Haven : Yale University Press,".
- catalog subject "Bioethics.".
- catalog subject "Decision Making.".
- catalog subject "Ethics, Medical.".
- catalog subject "Medical ethics.".
- catalog subject "R724 .H255 1983".
- catalog subject "W 50 H323h 1983".
- catalog tableOfContents "Making moral decisions -- The value and rights of human life: abortion and prenatal procedures -- Euthanasia: decisions about life and death -- Death and personhood -- Informed consent: how much do you have to know? -- Health and the "right" to health -- Health care ... for whom? -- Applied genetics: information and intervention.".
- catalog title "Health and human values : a guide to making your own decisions / Frank Harron, John Burnside, and Tom Beauchamp.".
- catalog type "text".