The most widely used medical ethics textbook today, Munson's INTERVENTION AND REFLECTION is the standard for this course. A collection of the most up to date and influential positions within the most pressing contemporary debates in medical ethics, this book provides students with the most comprehensive and authoritative introduction to the subject as well as a wide variety of cases to study. The combination of Munson's astute editing (which gives priority to non-technical readings), 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.
Discusses abortion & its violent conflicts/advances in gene therapy/genetic discrimination/rationing health care, etc.
About the Author, Ronald Munson
Ronald Munson is Professor of Philosophy of Science and Medicine at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He received his PhD from Columbia University and was Postdoctoral Fellow in Biology at Harvard University. He has been a visiting professor at University of California, San Diego, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and Harvard Medical School. A nationally acclaimed bioethicist, Munson is a medical ethicist for the National Eye Institute and a consultant for the National Cancer Institute. He is also a member of the Washington University School of Medicine Human Studies Committee. In addition to being the author of a number of science and ethics books, he is also the author of the novels NOTHING HUMAN, FAN MAIL, and NIGHT VISION.
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)
