International teams of physicians, nurses, public health experts, philosophers, theologians, politicians, social workers, and lawyers articulate four basic goals of medicine prevention of disease, relief of suffering, care of the ill, and avoidance of premature death and examine them in light of the cultural, political, and economic pressures under which medicine functions. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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Mark J. Hanson is the associate for ethics and society at the Hastings Center.
The co-founder and former president of the Hastings Center, Daniel Callahan is currently the director of international programs for the Hastings Center and author of The Troubled Dream of Life, Setting Limits: Medical Goals in an Aging Society and What Kind of Life?: The Limits of Medical Progress (Georgetown University Press).
"This is quite simply a splendid book. It enhances the reputation of those who wrote it, of Daniel Callahan who conceived it, and the already high reputation of the Hastings Center . . . Well-produced and attractive to read, this book is one that thinking people will love . . . This fine book should be on every medical bookshelf."―Bioethics
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