The Value of Life [[electronic resource] ] : An Introduction to Medical Ethics
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| Autore: |
Harris John
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| Titolo: |
The Value of Life [[electronic resource] ] : An Introduction to Medical Ethics
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| Pubblicazione: | Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 1985 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (301 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 174.2 |
| 174/.2 19 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Bioethics |
| Ethics, Medical | |
| Medical ethics | |
| Social ethics | |
| Medical Ethics & Philosophy | |
| Medicine | |
| Health & Biological Sciences | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Beings, human beings and persons; 2 Above all do no harm; 3 Must doctors help their patients?; 4 Killing: A caring thing to do?; 5 The value of life; 6 The beginnings of life; 7 Whose body is it anyway?; 8 A woman's right to choose; 9 Sexual morality and the natural; 10 Respect for persons I; 11 Respect for persons II; 12 Death is abolished; Notes; Suggested further reading; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | A critical survey of the issues in a controversial field, The Value of Life explores the dilemmas in current medical practice and research. Harris argues for a radical reappraisal of our ways of thinking about medical ethics. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The Value of Life |
| ISBN: | 1-134-95420-4 |
| 0-203-00560-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910449690403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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