by: George J. Annas
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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 344.730412
EAN: 9780195118322
ISBN: 0195118324
Label: Oxford University Press, USA
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 303
Publication Date: September 15, 1998
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Sales Rank: 2081004
Studio: Oxford University Press, USA
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Boston Univ., MA. A professor and leading commentator on health law and bioethics argues that the issue of choice has dominated our thoughts regarding American medicine, that we focus on relatively trivial choices to the point of not recognizing the more critical personal and public policy issues. Most chapters are expansions of previously published NEJM articles.
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- Not A Book For the ComplacentI am fortunate enough to actually have been taught by the writer of this book, Professor George Annas, who is also the chair of the Health Law Department at the School of Public Health at Boston University.
Besides being a prolific writer, the man is gifted with an incredible legal mind and the soul of a humanist. As such, he is well equipped (and well regarded in the fields of health law and medical ethics) to briefly discuss the challenges, ethical dilemmas, and basic problems in ... Read More
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- good text for benchmarkingAn intersting book that presents a lot of legal history in regards to health care decision-making. Chapter 13 is a real eye-opener!
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- This book captures the essence of modern American cultureAmerican culture is unique in its emphasis on individual liberty and freedom of choice. In "Some Choice" George Annas brilliantly shows how these values have taken precedence over others as important, for example, equality, justice and solidarity, and how the liberty rhetoric has undermined the very essence of that which it intends to promote.
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