Intervention and Reflection Basic Issues in Medical Ethics [] Ronald Munson

ISBN 10: 0534565182 / ISBN 13: 9780534565183

Published by Wadsworth Pub Co

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Intervention and Reflection Basic Issues in Medical Ethics [] Ronald Munson
• Publisher: Wadsworth Pub Co
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0534565182
• ISBN 13: 9780534565183
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

'Intervention and Reflection' demonstrates that the solutions to some of today's most perplexing medical dilemmas lie in philosophical answers. Case studies and decision scenarios, located throughout the book, encourage readers to think about medical issues not only from a scientific standpoint but from a philosophical perspective as well.

About the Author

Ronald Munson is Professor of Philosophy of Science and Medicine at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He received his PhD from Columbia University and was Postdoctoral Fellow in Biology at Harvard University. He has been a visiting professor at University of California, San Diego, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and Harvard Medical School. A nationally acclaimed bioethicist, Munson is a medical ethicist for the National Eye Institute and a consultant for the National Cancer Institute. He is also a member of the Washington University School of Medicine Human Studies Committee. In addition to being the author of a number of science and ethics books, he is also the author of the novels NOTHING HUMAN, FAN MAIL, and NIGHT VISION.