Publication

2013 - Oxford University Press, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

192,000 words, Guess

Page Count

768 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139780199796236
  • ISBN-100199796238
  • Library of Congress Control Number2012024551
  • OCLC Control Number801355405
  • Better World Books9780199796236
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Classifications

  • DDC174.2
  • LCCR724 .V38 2013
  • LCCR724.V38 2013

Description

Bioethics: Principles, Issues, and Cases, Second Edition, explores the philosophical, medical, social, and legal aspects of key bioethical issues. Opening with a thorough introduction to ethics, bioethics, and moral reasoning, it then covers influential moral theories and the criteria for evaluating them. Integrating eighty-five readings--thirteen of them new to this edition--numerous cases, and abundant pedagogical tools, the book addresses the most provocative and controversial topics in bioethics. Updated throughout, the second edition incorporates new information on justice, health care, and health insurance reform along with more coverage of issues related to race and culture and of the moral challenges facing nurses and other health care professionals. It also offers additional step-by-step guidance on how to identify and evaluate moral arguments in real-world contexts, with accompanying exercises and answers in an appendix.

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