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This is a brilliant book, especially for medical students or anyone who does not come from an ethics or philosophy background. It introduces some essentially very complex issues in a way that is very accessible and thought provoking. Sophia Stephanides, 5th year medical student, University of Manchester '[the] argument should be taken seriously by academic bioethicists...' Doody's Notes

'[the] argument should be taken seriously by academic bioethicists...' Doody's Notes

'[the] argument should be taken seriously by academic bioethicists...' * Doody's Notes * This is a brilliant book, especially for medical students or anyone who does not come from an ethics or philosophy background. It introduces some essentially very complex issues in a way that is very accessible and thought provoking. * Sophia Stephanides, 5th year medical student, University of Manchester *

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Franklin G. Miller, Ph.D. is retired from the senior faculty in the Department of Bioethics, National Institutes of Health and currently Professor of Medical Ethics in Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College. Dr. Miller has published a book of his selected essays, The Ethical Challenges of Human Research, edited six books, and published numerous articles in medical and bioethics journals on the ethics of clinical research, death and dying, professional integrity, pragmatism and bioethics, and the placebo effect. Dr. Miller is a fellow of the Hastings Center and Associate Editor of Perspectives in Biology and Medicine. Robert D. Truog, MD. is the Frances Glessner Lee Professor of Medical Ethics, Anaesthesia, & Pediatrics and Director of the Center for Bioethics, both at Harvard Medical School. He has practiced pediatric intensive care medicine at Boston Children's Hospital for more than 25 years.

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