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Munson, Ronald

Intervention and reflection : Basic issues in medical ethics / Ronald Munson - Belmont, CA : Wadsworth, c 2014. - xxiv, 810 p.; 25 cm.

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Ch. 1. Research Ethics and Informed Consent --
Ch. 2. Physicians, Patients, and Others: Autonomy, Truth Telling, and Confidentiality --
Ch. 3. HIV/AIDS --
Ch. 4. Race, Gender, and Medicine --

Ch. 5. Genetic Control --
Ch. 6. Reproductive Control --

Ch. 7 Scarce Medical Resources --
Ch. 8 Paying for Health Care --

Ch. 9. Abortion --
Ch. 10. Impaired Infants and Medical Futility --
Ch. 11. Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide --


This Seventh Edition of Munson's Intervention and Reflection responds to the fast-paced changes occurring in our society, the legal environment, the scientific community, and medical practice. A nationally renowned bioethicist, Munson draws on his skills as a novelist and his background in biology and medicine to involve readers in deliberation and problem-solving.

ISBN: 9781285071527

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Medical ethics.
Ethics, Medical -- Collected Works.
Ethics, Medical -- Problems and Exercises

Dewey Class. No.: 174.2 / MUN