Medical Ethics: Life and Death Issues

Medical Ethics: Life and Death Issues
ISBN-10
0766015858
ISBN-13
9780766015852
Series
Medical Ethics
Category
Juvenile Nonfiction
Pages
128
Language
English
Published
2001
Publisher
Enslow Pub Incorporated
Author
Karen Judson

Description

Presents some of the major questions in medical ethics, including organ and tissue donation, transplants, caring for children, death and dying, economic factors, and the role of ethics committees.

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