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Bioethics in a liberal society : the political framework of bioethics decision making / Thomas May.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- May, Thomas, 1964-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical ethics.
- Bioethics.
- Liberalism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (150 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Bioethics in a Liberal Society is essential reading for all those interested in understanding how bioethics is practiced within our society.
- Contents:
- Patient autonomy
- Patient autonomy and informed consent
- Patient responsibility for decision making
- Advance directives: extending autonomy for patients
- Professional rights of conscience
- Beneficence, abandonment, and the duty to treat
- Rights of conscience in the physician-patient relationship.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [127]-131) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8018-7648-6
- OCLC:
- 559574233
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