Issues in biomedical ethics
Biomedical ethics
Lisa Yount
- San Diego, California Lucent Books, c1998.
- 128 p. ill. ; 24 cm.
- Contemporary issues .
Contents: Foreword Introduction Chapter titles: How should health care be allocated? Should doctors ever hasten patients' deaths? Should animals be used in medical research and testing? Should human genes be altered? Placing the stop sign Notes Glossary Organizations to contact For further reading Works consulted Index Picture credits About the author
Examines some of the ethical questions raised by the capabilities of modern science, in such areas as health care allocation, the hastening of a patient's death, the use of animals in research, and the altering of human genes.
1560064765 (alk. paper)
97030784
Medical ethics--Juvenile literature. Bioethics--Juvenile literature.