Ethical Issues in Modern Medicine: Contemporary Readings in Bioethics

Book info: Ethical Issues in Modern Medicine: Contemporary Readings in Bioethics (Paperback, 880 pages) – McGraw Hill, 2012. Language: English.

Ethical Issues in Modern Medicine: Contemporary Readings in Bioethics, is a comprehensive, state-of-the-art anthology that covers both traditional and emerging issues in the field of biomedical ethics with engaging case studies and reflective papers written by leading scholars. Each of the book’s seven parts begins with a helpful introduction that raises important questions and skillfully contextualizes the positions and key points of the articles that follow. Editorial Reviews About the Author Bonnie Steinbock is professor of philosophy at the University at Albany, State University of New York, and a faculty member of the Bioethics Program of Union Graduate College and the Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

Alex John London is associate professor of philosophy and director of the Center for Ethics and Policy at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

John D. Arras is the William and Linda Porterfield Professor of Bioethics, and professor of philosophy at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville.