Books on (Medical) Ethics?

[cornpops21]

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I realized how little I know about various ethical subjects and thought it would be good to read up on these issues. Preferably texts that give both sides of the argument. Do any of you have recommendadtions on good books regarding medical ethics?

 

[TupacalipseT96]

No need for books, this is the 21st century.

http://depts.washington.edu/bioethx/topics/index.html

 

[AtheGre]

http://www.amazon.com/CLINICAL-ETHICS-Practical-Approach-Decisions/dp/0071387633

good read

 

[QuaerensIntelle]

I really liked "biomedical ethics" by Thomas Mappes. It is all source documents about different ethical questions. Then in the back there are case studies, which are basically scenarios that you might confront in the field.

 

[Livingapparatus]

No need for books, this is the 21st century.

http://depts.washington.edu/bioethx/topics/index.html

gracias

 

[silverlion]

http://www.amazon.com/Medical-Ethics-Accounts-Shaped-Define/dp/0073535737/ref=pd_sim_b_4

we used this in college...I guess it was ok...

 

[plasmidgreen]

There's even a journal of biological ethics. A lot of the articles are free, too.

http://bioethics.net/

The New York Times health news also has some pretty good articles on medical ethics as well, and will keep you more or less up-to-date on current healthcare issues.

http://health.nytimes.com/pages/health/index.html

Hope these help.

 

[phillySASer08]

http://www.amazon.com/Bioethics-Ant...bs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1218721840&sr=1-1

This was the book the undergrad bioethics courses at my undergrad used.

 

[pianola]

I shadow a physician who has a reference book on pediatrics; the reference book has a chapter on ethics and I've been reading it in my down time. Lots of reference books have a section on ethics...

Consider if you know a physician or practice with a reference manual.

Good luck .

 

[ChePibe]

There is actually a great book by Pence which I believe is titled Cases in Medical Ethics. The breakdown of the topics is absolutely fantastic.