The Ends of Human Life: Medical Ethics in a Liberal Polity
- ISBN-10
- 0674253264
- ISBN-13
- 9780674253261
- Category
- Bioethics
- Pages
- 307
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Author
- Ezekiel J. Emanuel
Description
Emanual (oncology and medical ethics, Harvard) rejects the argument that recent issues of medical ethics are the result of new technologies, and contends that they are an inevitable consequence of liberal political values. He proposes a communitarian solution. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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- 1991
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