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Judson, Karen

Medical Ethics: Life and Death Issues

128 pp. | Enslow | August, 2001 | Library ISBN 0-7660-1585-8 $$20.95
(4) YA Issues in Focus series. Using examples from actual medical and legal cases, this overview explores issues such as transplantation, the rights of young patients, and euthanasia. The volume also addresses the need for decision-making ethics committees. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs, the text provides a basic introduction to the topic, but doesn't delve very deeply into the reasons so many of these medical dilemmas are controversial. Bib., glos., ind.
Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta

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