Overview

Edited by Thomas A. Shannon, the series provides anthologies of critical essays and reflections by leading ethicists in four pivotal areas: reproductive technologies, genetic technologies, death and dying, and health care policy. The goal of this series is twofold: first, to provide a set of readers on thematic topics for introductory or survey courses in bioethics or for courses with a particular theme or time limitation. Second, each of the readers in this series is designed to help students focus more thoroughly and effectively on specific topics that flesh out the ethical issues at the core of bioethics. The series is also highly accessible to general readers interested in bioethics.

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Health Care Policy is not the usual compilation of well-worn items, but a truly effective gathering of exceptionally evocative recent articles about essential issues too often neglected. Shannon has interwoven issues that affect the individual ('I might be bio-terrorized;' 'I need better health insurance') with issues that affect others (HIV/AIDS in Asia and Africa; selling kidneys in India). This collection evokes a sense of solidarity in an unusually effective way, demonstrates our global interdependence, and underlines the critical importance of developing ethically adequate national and international health care policy...--David F. Kelly, Ph.D.

There has been a flood of literature on health policy in the past decade. This collection is like a lifeline to those trying to tread these waters or daring to step into them for the first time. Tom Shannon has skillfully selected essays that represent the scope and complexity of a very turbulent field in bioethics.--Gula, S.S., Richard M.

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Thomas A. Shannon is professor of religion and social ethics at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He is the author of many articles and books in Catholic social thought, bioethics, and genetics. He is co-author with Thomas Massaro of Catholic Perspectives on Peace and War, with James Walter of The New Genetic Medicine, and is the editor of the series Readings in Bioethics for Sheed & Ward.

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