Intervention and Reflection: Basic Issues in Bioethics

The Wadsworth Series in Social Philosophy

by Ronald Munson

INTERVENTION AND REFLECTION: BASIC ISSUES IN BIOETHICS, 10th Edition offers students a compelling introduction to biomedical ethics by combining riveting human stories with clear explanations of cutting edge scientific research. A collaboration between a seasoned journalist and a nationally-acclaimed bioethicist, this textbook continues to be the most widely used bioethics textbook on the market. This edition features detailed Social Context discussions that connect current events with the emerging bioethical debate as well as challenge students to form their own bioethical arguments. And, each chapter includes crisp summaries of the relevant ethical theories as well as classic and contemporary articles on the most pressing topics in the field. Whether the student has no philosophical or scientific training, or is in a philosophical, nursing, or medicine program, this textbook's intriguing presentation of the conceptual debate and human story of today's biomedical ethics is hard to put down.

Genres: Philosophy, Nonfiction, Textbooks, Medical Ethics, Science, Reference

944 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1983

Reviews

[Paris Salmon MD · Rating 5 out of 5]

HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE FREAKING HYPE FOR A CLASS BRINGING MY POPCORN
READY TO GET ABSOLUTELY ETHICAL HALLELUJAH

[Cait · Rating 2 out of 5]

I really enjoyed reading this book except that the editing was HORRIBLE.The book was obviously edited by spell checker but not reread by a human. It made it very difficult when reading to suddenly have a word make no sense to the context and have to reread looking for a similar sounding word. For example, "It may contain sequences that in the "fixture" we will realize are crucially important."(should have been future)

[Heather]

Okay, I read most of this. It's an excellent text on bioethics. Although not from a distinctly Christian worldview, I am particularly found of how the author tries to present all sides of a particular issue and has excellent case studies.

[Michelle Dale · Rating 5 out of 5]

I bought this book for my bioethics class and it is so interesting. It is filled with interesting ideas and case studies, even though it is a text book, I just can't put it down!

[Nsk]

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