The Cambridge Textbook of Bioethics - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521872847 ISBN 13: 9780521872843

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

Medicine and health care generate many bioethical problems and dilemmas that are of great academic, professional and public interest. This comprehensive resource is designed as a succinct yet authoritative text and reference for clinicians, bioethicists, and advanced students seeking a better understanding of ethics problems in the clinical setting. Each chapter illustrates an ethical problem that might be encountered in everyday practice; defines the concepts at issue; examines their implications from the perspectives of ethics, law and policy; and then provides a practical resolution. There are 10 key sections presenting the most vital topics and clinically relevant areas of modern bioethics. International, interdisciplinary authorship and cross-cultural orientation ensure suitability for a worldwide audience. This book will assist all clinicians in making well-reasoned and defensible decisions by developing their awareness of ethical considerations and teaching the analytical skills to deal with them effectively.

About this title

Book Description:

A comprehensive reference providing an approach to problems of biomedical ethics in the clinical setting.

About the Author:

Peter A. Singer is Director Emeritus, University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics; Senior Scientist, McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health, University Health Network; and Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521872847
• ISBN 13: 9780521872843
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 554
• Editor: Singer Peter A., Viens A. M.