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Hope, R. A.

Medical ethics : a very short introduction / Tony Hope. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2004. - 152 p. : ill. ; 18 cm. - Very short introduction ; 114 . - Very short introductions ; 114. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-144) and index.

On why medical ethics is exciting -- Euthanasia: good medical practice, or murder? -- Why undervaluing 'statistical' people costs lives -- People who don't exist, at least not yet -- A tool-box for reasoning -- Inconsistencies about madness -- How modern genetics is testing traditional confidentiality -- Is medical research the new imperialism? -- Family medicine meets the House of Lords.

ISBN: 0192802828 (pbk.) 9780192802828 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2004014383

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Medical ethics.
Ethics, Medical--Case Reports.
Bioethical Issues--Case Reports.
Medische ethiek.
Éthique médicale.

LC Class. No.: R724 / H625 2004

Dewey Class. No.: 174.2

National Library of Medicine Call No.: 2005 F-975 W 50 / H791ma 2004