Biomedical Ethics

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This best-selling anthology of readings with case studies provides insightful and comprehensive treatment of ethical issues in medicine. Appropriate for courses taught in philosophy departments, bioethics programs, as well as schools of medicine and nursing, the collection covers such provocative topics as biomedical enhancement, clinical trials in developing countries, animal research, physician-assisted suicide, and health care reform. The text's effective pedagogical features include chapter introductions, argument sketches, explanations of medical terms, headnotes, and annotated bibliographies.Written by authorities in Medical Ethics, Biomedical Ethics by David DeGrazia, Thomas Mappes, and Jeffrey Ballard provides an excellent foundation for Medical Ethics studies. David DeGrazia, Thomas Mappes, and Jeffrey Ballard??™s style is excellently suited towards Medical Ethics studies, and will teach students the material clearly without overcomplicating the subject. What??™s more, the text is available in the Paperback format shown above (ISBN 9780073407456), as well as a number of other formats. As of June 2010, this revision raises the bar for Biomedical Ethics??™s high standard of excellence, making sure that it stays one of the foremost Medical Ethics studies textbooks.