The Blackwell Guide to Medical Ethics (Blackwell ... (ISBN 1405125845)

Book Description:
Advances in biomedical technology have grown at an increasingly swift rate, particularly within the latter half of the 20th century. The accelerated pace at which medical advances are developing have created a host of ethical issues that have no consensus or set standards against which to be measured; even the most basic concepts of life and death now require redefinition. Scientists, theologians, doctors, lawyers, philosophers, and others have all taken part in the task of beginning to try to solve the ethical problems raised by new technology. Helping to synthesize the diverse abundance of views and information, The Blackwell Guide to Medical Ethics is a guide to the complex literatures written on the topic. Organized with a coherent structure that differentiates between the decisions of individuals and those of social policy, this text considers the fundamental and conceptual issues that are most important to understanding present debate and future work in medical ethics. This book is an indispensable reference for anyone looking to understand the current state of ethics in medicine.