Who Should Decide?: Paternalism in Health Care

By James F. Childress

Book Overview

The first full-scale examination of medical paternalism by an ethicist, this book uses a wide range of cases to establish principles that justify or constrain paternalistic intervention in various clinical situations.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195039769
• ISBN13: 9780195039764
• Release Date: July 1985
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.0"