Living and Dying Well

Title: Living and Dying Well
Author: Lewis Petrinovich
E: 1701511
ISBN: 9780262661423
Publisher: Bradford Books
Published: 1998
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: Reprint
Number of Pages: 362
Section: Medical | Ethics
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Publisher Description:

In the second volume of his trilogy, Petrinovich presents a detailed account of the dilemmas that humans in technologically advanced societies face when confronted by matters of life, death, and medical treatment. The issues he discusses include genetic screening, the Human Genome Project, criteria for defining death, organ donation and transplantation, and assisted suicide and euthanasia. Petrinovich also discusses healthcare policy issues such as the allocation of scarce medical resources and rationing. He argues for adequate health care as a fundamental moral necessity and makes a number of policy recommendations.(Published in cloth by Plenum Press, 1996)