The value of life / / John Harris
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| Autore: |
Harris John <1945->
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| Titolo: |
The value of life / / John Harris
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; Boston, : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1985 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (301 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 174/.2 |
| Soggetto topico: | Medical ethics |
| Bioethics | |
| Social ethics | |
| Note generali: | Cover title : The value of life : an introduction to medical ethics. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliography (p. 273-274) and index. |
| 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: | 9780203005606 |
| 0203005600 | |
| 9781134954209 | |
| 1134954204 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910823826003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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