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    Bioethics for Beginners: 60 Cases and Cautions from the Moral Frontier of Healthcare

    By Glenn McGee

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    How far is too far? 60 cases illustrating modern bioethical dilemmas

    Bioethics for Beginners maps the giant dilemmas posed by new technologies and medical choices, using 60 cases taken from our headlines, and from the worlds of medicine and science. This eminently readable book takes it one case at a time, shedding light on the social, economic and legal side of 21st century medicine while giving the reader an informed basis on which to answer personal, practical questions. Unlocking the debate behind the headlines, this book combines clear thinking with the very latest in science and medicine, enabling readers to decide for themselves exactly what the scientific future should hold.

     

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWiley
    Release dateMar 14, 2012
    ISBN9781118254639
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    Bioethics for Beginners: 60 Cases and Cautions from the Moral Frontier of Healthcare
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    Glenn McGee

    Glenn McGee, Ph.D., is the founding editor of the American Journal of Bioethics and an associate director for education at the renowned Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School. The author of three previous books on bioethics and the founder of the nation's largest research program on the political, ethical, and economic implications of stem-cell research, he has published more than one hundred articles in the most prestigious journals of the life sciences. He has worked with sheiks, kings, and presidents, federal and state governments, corporations, law and business schools, and foundations on every aspect of the future of life sciences, and is in constant demand as a lecturer around the globe. McGee is married, has three children, and lives in Philadelphia.

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