The limits of medicine /

What are the final limits of medicine? What should we not try to cure medically, even if we had the necessary financial resources and technology? This book philosophically addresses these questions by examining two mirror-image debates in tandem. Members of certain groups, who are deemed by traditio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stark, Andrew, 1956-
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Online Access:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=159800
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: reversing our lenses
  • Between the normal and the ideal
  • A visit to the Kantian doctor
  • Cultural spouses, cultural siblings
  • Conclusion
  • Notes.