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Author: Ronald Munson (Professor of Philosophy and Medicine, Professor of Philosophy and Medicine, University of Missouri St. Louis)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 23.60cm
, Height: 2.60cm
, Length: 16.40cm
Weight: 0.490kg
ISBN: 9780195331011
ISBN 10: 019533101
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 10 September 2009
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
"""Munson provides a sympathetic, thought-provoking discussion of issues many of us will eventually face for ourselves, our patients, or our family members. There are no easy answers."" --Science-Based Medicine ""Ronald Munson's literary talents shine in The Woman Who Decided to Die. The people who are forced to face these ethically charged decisions come to life, in contrast to the wooden case scenarios that are characteristic of the literature of medical ethics. All clinicians can profit from reading this book ... especially valuable for medical and nursing students and clinical trainees... Narrative medical ethics at its best.""--The New England Journal of Medicine ""Munson's stories are captivating, and each ends with a lesson in medical ethics....illuminating....""--Library Journal ""The engaging narrative shines as an outstanding example of medical literature, and the richness of the cases will provide ample fodder for anyone who is learning to move beyond informed opinion to develop a reasoned analysis and ethically based argument. This book should be a welcomed introductory text in courses in medical ethics and is broad enough to engross those with a general interest.""--Journal of Legal Medicine"
Munson's stories are captivating, and each ends with a lesson in medical ethics....illuminating... * Library Journal *
Munson's stories are captivating, and each ends with a lesson in medical ethics...illuminating... Library Journal
<br> Munson provides a sympathetic, thought-provoking discussion of issues many of us will eventually face for ourselves, our patients, or our family members. There are no easy answers. --Science-Based Medicine<br> Ronald Munson's literary talents shine in The Woman Who Decided to Die. The people who are forced to face these ethically charged decisions come to life, in contrast to the wooden case scenarios that are characteristic of the literature of medical ethics. All clinicians can profit from reading this book ... especially valuable for medical and nursing students and clinical trainees... Narrative medical ethics at its best. --The New England Journal of Medicine<br> Munson's stories are captivating, and each ends with a lesson in medical ethics....illuminating.... --Library Journal<br> The engaging narrative shines as an outstanding example of medical literature, and the richness of the cases will provide ample fodder for anyone who is learning to move beyond informed opinion t
Author Information
Ronald Munson is Professor of Philosophy of Science and Medicine at University of Missouri-St. Louis. His books include the award-winning Raising the Dead: Organ Transplants, Ethics, and Society (OUP, 2002); Intervention and Reflection: Basic Issues in Medical Ethics; and the novels Nothing Human, Fan Mail, and Night Vision.
