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In this work, Moreno considers the controversies over research ethics consensus, policy, and costs. His philosophical analysis finds overlapping procedural, substantive, descriptive, and prescriptive levels of consensus. There is a review of bioethics accomplishments, failures, politics, and limits of liberalism, including abortion, kidney dialysis, and the Quinlan controversy. Bioethics means social reform; instead of doctors alone making decisions, some are shared by family and patients. Although good for democracy, consensus can be dangerous: the danger underlines the need to know the psychological and sociological dimensions of those forming the consensus. A caveat: Moreno does not mention the vast majority of health care professions; the largest group--nursing--does not appear anywhere in the index. Graduate through professional. H. O. Thompson; University of Pennsylvania
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