Medicine and Moral Philosophy : : A Philosophy and Public Affairs Reader / / ed. by Marshall Cohen.

Responding to the increased public interest in the moral aspects of medical practice, this collection of essays focuses on questions of justice and injustice in the delivery and distribution of medical care and on problems concerning the rights of patients in their relationship to doctors, medical i...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]
©1982
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:Philosophy and Public Affairs Readers ; 848
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Physical Description:1 online resource (322 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Part I. Conceptual Issues --
On the Distinction between Disease and Illness --
Human Being: The Boundaries of the Concept --
Brain Death and Personal Identity --
PART II. Health and Social Policy --
Health-Care Needs and Distributive Justice --
Medical Progress and National Health Care --
Gifts and Exchanges --
Altruism and Commerce: A Defense of Titmuss against Arrow --
The Recombinant DNA Debate --
An Alternative Policy for Obtaining Cadaver Organs for Transplantation --
PART III. Medical Paternalism --
Paternalistic Behavior --
Medical Paternalism --
The Contractual Argument for Withholding Medical Information --
PART IV. Euthanasia --
Voluntary Euthanasia and the Inalienable Right to Life --
Euthanasia
Summary:Responding to the increased public interest in the moral aspects of medical practice, this collection of essays focuses on questions of justice and injustice in the delivery and distribution of medical care and on problems concerning the rights of patients in their relationship to doctors, medical institutions, and government.Originally published in 1982.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781400853564
9783110413441
9783110413564
9783110442496
DOI:10.1515/9781400853564
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Marshall Cohen.