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Product Identifiers
PublisherEncounter Books
ISBN-101594038554
ISBN-139781594038556
eBay Product ID (ePID)216023328
Product Key Features
Number of Pages360 Pages
Publication NameCulture of Death : the Age of Do Harm Medicine
LanguageEnglish
SubjectEthics, Death & Dying, Health Policy
Publication Year2016
FeaturesRevised
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaSocial Science, Medical
AuthorWesley J. Smith
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight19 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number2
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2015-028083
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
SynopsisWhen his teenage son Christopher, brain-damaged in an auto accident, developed a 105-degree fever following weeks of unconsciousness, John Campbell asked the attending physician for help. The doctor refused. Why bother? The boy's life was effectively over. Campbell refused to accept this verdict. He demanded treatment and threatened legal action. The doctor finally relented. With treatment, Christopher's temperature--which had eventually reached 107.6 degrees--subsided almost immediately. Soon afterward the boy regained consciousness and was learning to walk again. This story is one of many Wesley J. Smith recounts in his award-winning classic critique of the modern bioethics movement, Culture of Death . In this newly updated edition, Smith chronicles how the threats to the equality of human life have accelerated in recent years, from the proliferation of euthanasia and the Brittany Maynard assisted suicide firestorm, to the potential for "death panels" posed by Obamacare and the explosive Terri Schiavo controversy. Culture of Death reveals how more and more doctors have withdrawn from the Hippocratic Oath and how "bioethicists" influence policy by posing questions such as whether organs may be harvested from the terminally ill and disabled. This is a passionate yet coolly reasoned book about the current crisis in medical ethics by an author who has made "the new thanatology" his consuming interest.
LC Classification NumberR724
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- 15. Aug. 2022
An excellent title
This is a very well documented and thorough book. Obvivously the writer, Wesley J. Smith has done a thorough job of researching his materias.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
