ABSTRACT

First published in 1985. Medical ethics is a vitally important subject and currently a highly controversial one. Recent cases have highlighted both the intellectual and moral challenges posed by the dilemmas of modern medicine and their significance for us all. John Harris fives a fully up-to-date survey of the issues in this crucial field of applied ethics, including in vitro fertilisation and experimentation on human embryos.

chapter |6 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|20 pages

Above all do no harm

chapter 5|24 pages

The value of life

chapter 6|25 pages

The beginnings of life

chapter 7|21 pages

Whose body is it anyway?

chapter 8|17 pages

A woman's right to choose?

chapter 10|22 pages

Respect for persons I

chapter 11|24 pages

Respect for persons II

chapter 12|18 pages

Death is abolished