The Body in Bioethics (Biomedical Law and Ethics Library)

by Alastair V . Campbell (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2009

  $174.36

  Debates about uses and abuses of the human body in medicine have highlighted the need for a thorough discussion of the ethics of the uses of bodies, both living and dead. This volume explores different views of the significance of the human body. It provides useful background to different controversies in medical ethics.

• New

  Paperback
  2009

  $66.19

  Addresses a number of key questions including: Should it be legal to sell human organs for transplantation? Are public displays of plastinated bodies or public autopsies morally justifiable? And, should there be restrictions on the uses of human tissue in teaching and research?