Essays in medical ethics : plea for a medicine of prudence /

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Modern medicine suggests omnipotence and an image of life as something that can be perfected at any time. Yet our view of things changes when disease throws us into an existential crisis. Then we seek human answers and feel misunderstood and abandoned in the system of modern medicine. Professor Giov...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Maio, Giovanni (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Stuttgart ; New York : Thieme, [2017]
Subjects:
Medical ethics.
Bioethics.
Bioethics
Ethics, Medical
Bioethical Issues
Éthique médicale.
Bioéthique.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Business Ethics.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Meeting in the petri dish?
  • Screen, test, weed out?
  • Prettier, better, stronger?
  • Is health a duty?
  • The crisis of confidence in organ donation
  • On the value of age : beyond the fitness imperative
  • Living wills : are forms replacing dialogue?
  • Being able to let go : for a new culture of dying
  • Epilogue: happiness lies in our attitude toward the world.

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