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The value of life / John Harris.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harris, John, 1945-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical ethics.
- Bioethics.
- Social ethics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (301 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Boston : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1985.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A critical survey of the issues in a controversial field, The Value of Life explores the dilemmas in current medical practice and research. Harris argues for a radical reappraisal of our ways of thinking about medical ethics.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Beings, human beings and persons; 2 Above all do no harm; 3 Must doctors help their patients?; 4 Killing: A caring thing to do?; 5 The value of life; 6 The beginnings of life; 7 Whose body is it anyway?; 8 A woman's right to choose; 9 Sexual morality and the natural; 10 Respect for persons I; 11 Respect for persons II; 12 Death is abolished; Notes; Suggested further reading; Index
- Notes:
- Cover title : The value of life : an introduction to medical ethics.
- Includes bibliography (p. 273-274) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780203005606
- 0203005600
- 9781134954209
- 1134954204
- OCLC:
- 475881231
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