Bioethics: Ancient Themes in Contemporary Issues

by Mark G. Kuczewski

Book Overview

In recent years, bioethicists have worked on government commissions, on ethics committees in hospitals and nursing homes, and as bedside consultants. Because ethical knowledge is based on experience within the field rather than on universal theoretical propositions, it is open to criticism for its lack of theoretical foundation. Once in the clinic, however, ethicists noted the extent to which medical practice itself combined the certitudes of science...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 026211254X
• ISBN13: 9780262112543
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Mit Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher