moral and ethical aspects

Describes how physicians must deal with the realities of death, the risks and rewards of emotional involvement, and her own personal experiences throughout her education and career.

Contains fifteen essays that provide varying perspectives on issues related to parenthood, including licensing parents, limiting the number of children in a family, mentally disabled parents, and gay couples raising children.

Describes the benefits of clinical trials in health care, examines the problems associated with the execution and reporting of results, and discusses the 1998 FDA approval of Vioxx--a painkiller that caused eighty-eight thousand heart attacks in Americans--and other related incidents.

A collection of twelve essays that offers varying perspectives on the debate over parents choosing the gender of their children.

Presents guidelines and rules for teachers, parents, librarians, and other adults to use in teaching children ethical behavior regarding computers and the Internet, and presents thirty-six scenarios related to privacy, property, and appropriate use, along with discussion questions.

Contains twelve articles that define the debate over whether music lyrics should be censored for violence and exploitation.

Examines the social, economic, and moral costs associated with the incarceration of criminals.

Contains twenty-six essays in which various authors debate issues related to animal experimentation, discussing animal rights, the ethics of animal experimentation, methods of experimentation, and other related topics.

Contains twenty-five essays that provide varying perspectives on issues related to homosexuality, debating the origins and morality of homosexuality, and whether society should accept homosexuality and sanction gay and lesbian families.

A collection of sixteen essays that debate various issues related to abortion including Roe v. Wade, parental consent, and late-term abortions.