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Culture of Death : The Assault on Medical Ethics in America (MEDICAL ETHICS, BIOETHICS, EUTHANASIA)
by Smith, Wesley J
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- 1893554066
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- 9781893554061
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San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.: Encounter Books. New. 2000. Hardcover. 1893554066 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - 285 pages -- Interior text is clean, tight and unmarked. Pages are intact and tight to the spine. From a review in "Booklist" : "Smith offers a conservative perspective on medical-ethics problems such as failure to provide subjects in research programs with understandable consent forms. He fears that current utilitarian ethicists will create--some have already done so, he says--a hierarchy of human life that would basically be a descendant of Hitlerian eugenics. Doctor-assisted suicide, he believes, must inevitably lead to such a development, and he takes readers step by step on a probable path to it, inspecting each landmark court case (Cruzan, Quinlan, et al. ) along the way. He grudgingly concedes that some amelioration with controlled substances be allowed for patients suffering overwhelming pain, but he assumes that current uncontroversial pain control is more effective than many others say it is. On another major flashpoint of ethical dispute, Smith emphasizes the important benefits of research on animals. Furthermore, he makes suggestions for bringing bioethics back to what he feels is a proper philosophic and practical position, one conducive to safe and acceptable lives for both patient and doctor." -- with a bonus offer--; .
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- Title
- Culture of Death : The Assault on Medical Ethics in America (MEDICAL ETHICS, BIOETHICS, EUTHANASIA)
- Author
- Smith, Wesley J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 2
- ISBN 10
- 1893554066
- ISBN 13
- 9781893554061
- Publisher
- Encounter Books
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- 1893554066, Smith, Wesley J. Culture Of Death : The Assault On Medica, BIOETHICS, EUTHANASIA), Collectible
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