Malignant: Medical Ethicists Confront Cancer

by Rebecca Dresser

"You have cancer." Words no one wants to hear, but heard by millions every year. Millions more hear the equally shattering news that a loved one has cancer. Both are life-changing messages.

For the people writing this book, cancer was not only a personal crisis, it was also an education. Experts on medical ethics, personal experience with cancer showed them how little they understood of the real world of serious illness. Despite years of teaching...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199757844
• ISBN13: 9780199757848
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"