medical ethics

Contains over thirty articles from leaders in ethics, medicine, sociology, law, and politics in which they examine the issues surrounding the debate over human organ procurement and distribution.

Lila Giles Calloway finds her marriage and her moral fiber tested when her idyllic life with her husband is threatened by a series of startling events.

Analyzes the logical structure of argumentation in medical ethics, with examples taken from cases and situations in clinical health care.

Describes opposing views on fifteen controversial topics in medicine and presents discussion questions and further resources for each; covers such areas as national health insurance, medical marijuana, human cloning, organ donation, condom distribution in schools, animal testing, and end-of-life issues.

Discusses the issues surrounding medical ethics, including abortion, surrogate motherhood, AIDS, transplants, and terminal illness.

A prize-winning journalist examines the legal, social, moral, scientific, and economic implications of decisions to withhold treatment from severely handicapped newborns and surveys the attitudes of parents, doctors, nurses, bioethicists, as well as adults and children directly affected by the problem.

Resisting those who would use a revolutionary new technology for unethical purposes, doctor David Tennant and psychiatrist Rachel Weiss run for their lives from ruthless NSA agents and turn to David's unusual dreams for guidance.

A collection of brief essays addressing such bioethical issues as advance directives, genetic testing, abortion, and assisted suicide.