Overview
Arthur L. Caplan has become a significant voice in contemporary debates on health care. This volume features his most important work on such issues as organ procurement, in-vitro fertilization, and the rationing of medical care, along with new essays on residents' autonomy in nursing homes and on the ethical issues raised by the project to map and sequence the human genome.
Full Product Details
Author: Arthur L Caplan
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 3.30cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.500kg
ISBN: 9780253313072
ISBN 10: 0253313074
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 22 August 1992
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Unknown
Availability: Awaiting stock
Reviews
An important contribution to a debate that will continue for some time. Health and Canadian Society Insightful and thought-provoking... As Caplan has demonstrated so clearly ... we would all be better off if the ethicists spoke first and not last. The Washington Post Caplan's views are important and instructive... [This] book represents some of his best work. New England Journal of Medicine Caplan's [book] is thought provoking, insightful, and well argued. I recommend it highly. The Journal of the American Medical Association ... a generously illustrated discourse on method in medical and practical ethics. Ethics
""An important contribution to a debate that will continue for some time."" Health and Canadian Society ""Insightful and thought-provoking... As Caplan has demonstrated so clearly ... we would all be better off if the ethicists spoke first and not last."" The Washington Post ""Caplan's views are important and instructive... [This] book represents some of his best work."" New England Journal of Medicine ""Caplan's [book] is thought provoking, insightful, and well argued. I recommend it highly."" The Journal of the American Medical Association "" ... a generously illustrated discourse on method in medical and practical ethics."" Ethics
"""An important contribution to a debate that will continue for some time."" Health and Canadian Society ""Insightful and thought-provoking... As Caplan has demonstrated so clearly ... we would all be better off if the ethicists spoke first and not last."" The Washington Post ""Caplan's views are important and instructive... [This] book represents some of his best work."" New England Journal of Medicine ""Caplan's [book] is thought provoking, insightful, and well argued. I recommend it highly."" The Journal of the American Medical Association "" ... a generously illustrated discourse on method in medical and practical ethics."" Ethics"
Author Information
ARTHUR L. CAPLAN is Director of the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Professor in the Departments of Philosophy and Surgery at the University of Minnesota.
