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Title Medicine and moral philosophy / edited by Marshall Cohen, Thomas Nagel, and Thomas Scanlon ; contributors, Kenneth J. Arrow [and others].

Publication Info. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1981]
©1981

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series A Philosophy & public affairs reader
Philosophy & public affairs reader.
Note Essays originally appeared in Philosophy & public affairs.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Part I : Conceptual issues -- On the distinction between disease and illness / Christopher Boorse -- Human being : the boundaries of the concept / Lawrence C. Becker -- Brain death and personal identity / Michael B. Green & Daniel Wikler -- Part II : Health and social policy -- Health-care needs and distributive justice / Norman Daniels -- Medical progress and national health care / Loren E. Lomasky -- Gifts and exchanges / Kenneth J. Arrow -- Altrusim and commerce / Peter Singer -- Recombinant DNA debate / Stephen P. Stich -- An alternative policy for obtaining cadaver organs for transplantation / James L Muyskens -- Part III : Medical paternalism -- Paternalistic behavior / Bernard Gert & Charles M. Culver -- Medical paternalism / Allen Buchanan -- Contractual argument for witholding medical information / Donald Vandeveer -- Part IV : Euthanasia -- Voluntary euthansia and the inalienable right to life / Joel Feinberg -- Euthanasia / Philippa Foot.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Medical ethics.
Medical ethics.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Cohen, Marshall.
Nagel, Thomas, 1937-
Scanlon, Thomas.
Arrow, Kenneth J. (Kenneth Joseph), 1921-2017.
Other Form: Print version: Cohen, Marshall. Medicine and moral philosophy. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1981 9780691072685
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