New Perspectives in Health Care Ethics: An Interdisciplinary and Crosscultural Approach
- ISBN-10
- 0130613479
- ISBN-13
- 9780130613479
- Category
- Medical ethics
- Pages
- 352
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- Pearson/Prentice Hall
- Author
- Rosemarie Tong
Description
Tong, a well-known biomedical ethicist, combines medical ethics, bioethics, and her own unique insights to provide a comprehensive survey of contemporary health care ethics issues. KEY TOPICS: Among the topics discussed in this book are complementary and alternative medicine; contraception and sterilization; infertility and assisted reproduction; and surrogate motherhood; genetic testing (screening and counseling); genetic therapy; biomedical and behavioral research; and euthanasia and assisted suicide. MARKET: A useful reference work for those in the health care industry.
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