An authoritative introduction to bioethics, "Life Choices" examines a comprehensive range of ethical questions and brings together some of the most probing and instructive essays …
As prenatal tests proliferate, the medical and broader communities perceive that such testing is a logical extension of good prenatal care - it helps parents have healthy babies. …
At the center of the debate over complementary and alternative medicine - from acupuncture and chiropractic treatments to homeopathy and nutritional supplements - is how to …
The government, the media, HMOs, and individual Americans have all embraced programs to promote disease prevention. Yet obesity is up, exercise is down, teenagers continue to …
Regardless of the fate of national health care reform, public policy makers will have to make difficult and tragic choices about which health services are more or less important. …
In this volume, scholars from philosophy, sociology, history, theology, women's studies, and law explore the looming ethical and social implications of new biotechnologies that are …
