Bioethics: Principles, Issues, and Cases

by Lewis Vaughn

Book Overview

Bioethics: Principles, Issues, and Cases, Second Edition, explores the philosophical, medical, social, and legal aspects of key bioethical issues. Opening with a thorough introduction to ethics, bioethics, and moral reasoning, it then covers influential moral theories and the criteria for evaluating them. Integrating eighty-five readings--thirteen of them new to this edition--numerous cases, and abundant pedagogical tools, the book addresses the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199796238
• ISBN13: 9780199796236
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 768 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.2" x 7.5"