The New Medicine and the Old Ethics

By Albert R. Jonsen

Book Overview

Jonsen (medical history and ethics, U. of Washington Medical School) addresses the conflict between altruism and self-interest, which he believes is built into the structure of medical care and woven into the fabric of physicians' lives. Ranging through history from the mythical Asclepius to the lat

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674617258
• ISBN13: 9780674617254
• Release Date: October 1990
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 171 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.7" x 8.6"