Biomedical Ethics

This best-selling anthology with case studies provides insightful and comprehensive treatment of ethical issues in medicine. Appropriate for courses taught in philosophy departments as well as in schools on medicine and nursing, the collection covers provocative topics such as conflicts of interest in medicine, advance directives, physican-assisted suicide, and the rationing of health care The new fourth edition, edited by Mappes and DeGrazia, contains more than 50% new readings as well as a number of new chapter sections. The outstanding pedagogical features of previous editions -- chapter introductions, argument sketches, explanations of medical terms, headnotes, and annotated bibliographies -- have been retained.