It completes medical care by adding the comprehensive humanistic perspectives and philosophy of medicine. This book challenges the unchallenged methods in medicine, such as "evidence-based medicine," which claim to be, but often are not, scientific. The accessible presentation of the conceptual debate and human dimension of today's biomedical ethics captivates and engages students, whether they are philosophy, nursing or medical majors or have no philosophical or scientific training. This edition features new chapters on "Medicine in a Pluralistic Society" and the "Challenge of Global Bioethics. Each chapter includes crisp summaries of the relevant ethical theories as well as classic and contemporary articles on the most pressing topics in the field. A collaboration between a nationally-acclaimed bioethicist and a seasoned journalist, this textbook continues to be the most widely used bioethics textbook on the market. INTERVENTION AND REFLECTION: BASIC ISSUES IN BIOETHICS, 10th Edition offers students a compelling introduction to biomedical ethics by combining riveting human stories with clear explanations of cutting edge scientific research. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.
Available with InfoTrac Student Collections. You will quickly learn why INTERVENTION AND REFLECTION continues to be the most widely used bioethics textbook on the market: Students are often surprised to find that this unusual text is hard to put down.
These engaging cases and briefings conclude with succinct summaries of basic ethical theories and are followed by up-to-date and influential articles addressing the most pressing issues in bioethics today. Nationally acclaimed bioethicist and novelist Ronald Munson masterfully weds clear and accurate accounts of complex scientific findings with case presentations whose vivid narrative helps students connect science with the human emotion behind important and controversial biomedical decisions. Part VI: Foundations of bioethics : ethical theories, moral principles, and medical decisions.This concise version of INTERVENTION AND REFLECTION offers the same clear and accurate accounts of complex scientific findings with case presentations which have made Ronald Munson's INTERVENTION AND REFLECTION the best-selling textbook for this course area. Women and medicine African Americans and medicine Epidemic! AIDS and HIV. Organ transplants and scarce medical resources Distributing health care. Abortion Treating or terminating : the dilemma of impaired infants Euthanasia and assisted suicide. Physicians, patients, and others: autonomy, truth-telling, and confidentiality Research ethics and informed consent. Includes selection of readings written by other authors. Revised edition of: Intervention and reflection : basic issues in medical ethics.
You will quickly learn why Intervention and reflection continues to be the most widely used bioethics textbook on the market: This unusual text is surprisingly hard to put down. The vibrant writing, along with the wide variety of current cases and issues, make the book appealing and provocative to readers ranging from those with no philosophical or scientific training to those in programs in philosophy, nursing, or medicine. In Intervention and reflection, nationally acclaimed bioethicist and novelist Ronald Munson masterfully weds clear and accurate accounts of complex scientific findings with case presentations whose vivid narrative helps students connect science with the human emotion behind important and controversial biomedical decisions.
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