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Recent medical developments and legal decisions prompted this update of the 2004 edition. Munson (philosophy of science and medicine, U. of Missouri-St. Louis) presents standalone sections with relevant readings--including 27 new ones, case presentations, decision scenarios, and social context discussions on controversial beginning and end-of-life ethical issues encountered in medicine, the AIDS and Type II diabetes epidemics, and the gap between health care rights and resources. The foundations of bioethics section is at the end rather than the beginning of the text, perhaps to emphasize the practical nature of such decisions over the theoretical. A companion Web site is available. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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The most widely used medical ethics textbook today, Munson's INTERVENTION AND REFLECTION is a collection of the most up to date and influential articles addressing the most pressing contemporary debates in medical ethics. Also delivering a wide variety of timely and provocative cases for consideration, INTERVENTION AND REFLECTION provides you with the most comprehensive and authoritative introduction to the subject. The combination of the author's astute editing, a wide variety of cases provided alongside the social contexts in which they arise, and insightful commentaries makes this book accessible and provocative to students with no formal philosophical training as well as to students with more formal experience in philosophy and/or the medical professions.
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