Many writings in ancient, medieval, and modern medicine contain a storehouse of
information about medical ethics. Throughout these periods the health professional's …

Three radical changes have occurred in the ancient edifice of medical ethics in the last two
decades. Each promises to transform the nature of the physician-patient relationship with …

In this companion volume to their 1981 work, A Philosophical Basis of Medical Practice,
Pellegrino and Thomasma examine the principle of beneficence and its role in the practice …

For centuries, physician beneficence went unchallenged as the first principle of medical
ethics. To be sure, some physicians had, at times, violated this principle. But no creditable …

Health care is usually discussed in recent medical ethics under the heading of rights and/or
justice, as it is in the companion volume to this one. It can be and is also treated under the …

THE resurgence of biomedical ethics has been a striking phenomenon of the past decade.
Although ethics has, of course, always had a role in the practice of medicine, only in recent …

IF A physician turns off a ventilator, the patient will almost surely die. If patients with liver
failure do not have high enough priority to receive a transplant, they will almost surely die …

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How, in a secular world, should we resolve ethically controversial and troubling issues
relating to health care? Should we, as some argue, make a clean sweep, getting rid of the …

This clear, accessible text/reference explores the full range of contemporary issues in health
care ethics from a practical wisdom approach. The authors present the fundamental …