Testing the medical covenant : active euthanasia and health care reform / William F. May.
Testing the medical covenant : active euthanasia and health care reform / William F. May.
Testing the medical covenant : active euthanasia and health care reform / William F. May.
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Grand Rapids, Mich. ; Cambridge : William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co, c1996.
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N174.2/157
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Language
English
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Physical content
xi, 143 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
Does the Medical Covenant Require the Practice of Active Euthanasia and Assistance in Suicide? -- A Covenantal View of Professional Character and Virtue -- The Limits of the Medical Covenant: Medical Futility -- Keeping Covenant and Health Care Reform.
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Publisher
Grand Rapids, Mich. ; Cambridge : William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co, c1996.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
c1996.
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Summary
William F. May, a leading expert on medical ethics, here explores two of today's most crucial tests of the medical covenant - active euthanasia and health care reform. May begins with an incisive introduction that delineates the covenantal, or relational, nature of the practice of medicine over against the merely contractual view - the quid pro quo...
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Testing the medical covenant : active euthanasia and health care reform / William F. May.
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The Institute of Religion series on religion and health care ; 2̨.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c1996.
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N174.2/157
Record Identifier
74VvZMq8b5dl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvZMq8b5dl
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ISBN
0802842046(pbk.) :
9780802842046(pbk.) :
DDC
174.2
MMS ID
991004551589702626
