Product Information
This edition includes chapters on managed care and medical genetics, as well as an expanded chapter on virtue and decision making. It updates accounts of controversies, including late-term abortion, cloning, germ-line genetic research, the human genome project, brain death, non-heart beating organ donors, and physician-assisted suicide. Case studies, drawn from landmark public cases, illustrate such issues as medical futility, genetic screening, AIDS research, managed-care mix-ups, and the ignoring of patients' wishes by doctors.Product Identifiers
PublisherGeorgetown University Press
ISBN-100878407634
ISBN-139780878407637
eBay Product ID (ePID)1635125
Product Key Features
Number of Pages656 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NamePractical Decision Making in Health Care Ethics : Cases and concepts
Publication Year2000
SubjectEthics, Decision-Making & Problem Solving
FeaturesRevised
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaEducation, Medical
AuthorRaymond J. Devettere
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.4 in
Item Weight0 Oz
Item Length10 in
Item Width7 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number2
LCCN99-038611
Dewey Edition22
Target AudienceTrade
Dewey Decimal174.2
Edition DescriptionRevised Edition
Lc Classification NumberR724.D48 2000