What Price Better Health? : Hazards of the Research Imperative /

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The idea that we have an unlimited moral imperative to pursue medical research is deeply rooted in American society and medicine. In this provocative work, Daniel Callahan exposes the ways in which such a seemingly high and humane ideal can be corrupted and distorted into a harmful practice.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Callahan, Daniel, 1930-2019
Corporate Author: Milbank Memorial Fund
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Milbank Memorial Fund, 2003.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Ethische aspecten.
Biomedisch onderzoek.
Ethik
Forschung
Medizin
Medicine > Research > Social aspects.
Research.
MEDICAL > Health Policy.
MEDICAL > Research.
research (function)
Recherche.
Medecine > Recherche > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Ethics
Morals
Research
Medicine > Research > Social aspects > United States.
United States.
United States
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:The idea that we have an unlimited moral imperative to pursue medical research is deeply rooted in American society and medicine. In this provocative work, Daniel Callahan exposes the ways in which such a seemingly high and humane ideal can be corrupted and distorted into a harmful practice.
Physical Description:1 online resource (341 pages).
ISBN:9780520939233

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