Intervention and Reflection Basic Issues in Medical Ethics

Name: Intervention and Reflection Basic Issues in Medical Ethics
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ISBN: 9780495095026

ISBN-10: 0495095028

ISBN-13: 9780495095026

Edition: 8th 2008 (Revised)

Authors: Ronald Munson

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The most widely used medical ethics textbook today, Munson's INTERVENTION AND REFLECTION is a collection of the most up to date and influential articles addressing the most pressing contemporary debates in medical ethics. Also delivering a wide variety of timely and provocative cases for consideration, INTERVENTION AND REFLECTION provides you with the most comprehensive and authoritative introduction to the subject. The combination of the author's astute editing, a wide variety of cases provided alongside the social contexts in which they arise, and insightful commentaries makes this book accessible and provocative to students with no formal philosophical training as well as to students…

Book details

List price: $191.95
Edition: 8th
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 3/30/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 816
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 3.146




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