Intervention and reflection : basic issues in medical ethics

The most widely used medical ethics textbook today, Munson's INTERVENTION AND REFLECTION is a collection of the most up to date and influential articles addressing the most pressing contemporary debates in medical ethics. Also delivering a wide variety of timely and provocative cases for consideration, INTERVENTION AND REFLECTION provides you with the most comprehensive and authoritative introduction to the subject. The combination of the author's astute editing, a wide variety of cases provided alongside the social contexts in which they arise, and insightful commentaries makes this book accessible and provocative to students with no formal philosophical training as well as to students with more formal experience in philosophy and/or the medical professions.

Emphasizing cases in order to illustrate the medical, scientific, and social issues raised in bioethics, Munson (philosophy of science and medicine, U. of Missouri-St. Louis) also uses analytical text, readings, and "decision scenarios" to make his points. Chapters cover such topics as patient autonomy and confidentiality, race and gender in medicine; genetic and reproductive control, medical resources, abortion, impaired infants and medical futility, euthanasia, and general theories of ethics. Munson has made an effort to include opposing viewpoints on controversial issues. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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A big textbook and reference for graduate or undergraduate nursing or medical students, and practitioners with or without any training in ethics. Munson (Philosophy of science and medicine, U. of Missouri-St. Louis) combines text, explanations of the social context, case studies, readings, and decision scenarios for topics within the basic themes of termination, rights, controls, and resources. He does not include an index. No dates are mentioned for the earlier editions. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

A collection of articles addressing the pressing contemporary debates in medical ethics. It provides you with a comprehensive introduction to the subject. It also includes a variety of cases provided alongside the social contexts in which they arise, and commentaries, which makes it suitable for students with no formal philosophical training. Drawing on his skills as a novelist and his background in ethics, biology, and medicine, Munson presents both classic and current cases in bioethics as well as the scientific and medical information needed to understand how moral problems erupt in everyday life, forcing us to find solutions. --P. [4] of cover