If I were a rich man could I buy a pancreas? : and other essays on the ethics of health care /
| Author / Creator: | Caplan, Arthur L. |
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| Imprint: | Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1992. |
| Description: | xvii, 348 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Medical ethics series |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1385734 |
| Summary: | "An important contribution to a debate that will continue for some time." --Health and Canadian Society "Insightful and thought-provoking.... As Caplan has demonstrated so clearly... we would all be better off if the ethicists spoke first and not last." --The Washington Post "Caplan's views are important and instructive.... [This] book represents some of his best work." --New England Journal of Medicine "Caplan's [book] is thought provoking, insightful, and well argued. I recommend it highly."nbsp;--The Journal of the American Medical Association "... a generously illustrated discourse on method in medical and practical ethics." --Ethics A member of the President's Task Force on National Health Care Reform examines some of the most controversial biomedical issues of our time. |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 348 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0253313074 |
