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Ethical Issues in Modern Medicine: Contemporary Readings in Bioethics

ISBN10: 1259406490 | ISBN13: 9781259406492

Ethical Issues in Modern Medicine: Contemporary Readings in Bioethics
ISBN10: 1259406490
ISBN13: 9781259406492
By Bonnie Steinbock, Alex John London and John Arras

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Ethical Issues in Modern Medicine: Contemporary Readings in Bioethics, Eighth Edition, is a comprehensive, state-of-the-art anthology that covers both traditional and emerging issues in the field of biomedical ethics with engaging case studies and reflective papers written by leading scholars. Each of the book’s seven parts begins with a helpful introduction that raises important questions and skillfully contextualizes the positions and key points of the articles that follow. This eighth edition has been thoroughly updated to include the most important recent contributions to contemporary debates, and all selections have been subjected to the editors’ exacting standards for both scholarly quality and teachability.

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About the Author

Bonnie Steinbock

Bonnie Steinbock is professor of philosophy at the University at Albany, State University of New York, and a faculty member of the Bioethics Program of Union Graduate College and the Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

Alex John London

Alex John London is associate professor of philosophy and director of the Center for Ethics and Policy at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

John Arras

John D. Arras is the William and Linda Porterfield Professor of Bioethics, and professor of philosophy at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville.

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