Author: Joshua Daniel Cochran
Publisher: Published by Fractious Press
ISBN: 0976420333
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Echo Detained
Author: Joshua Daniel Cochran
Publisher: Published by Fractious Press
ISBN: 0976420333
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Publisher: Published by Fractious Press
ISBN: 0976420333
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Accounts and Papers
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
Some Choice
Author: George J. Annas
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780195118322
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
This book is a passionate critique of the shallowness of choice rhetoric used to camouflage critical personal and public policy issues in contemporary debates in American medicine. Our public discourse on life and death, from health care to medical research, and from risky behavior to assisted suicide, is dominated by the market model of consumerism augmented by appeals to individual freedom. In fact, however, in most cases there is no real choice left for individuals to make; the important choices have been made by others, and the illusion of choice fosters complacency. Knee-jerk libertarianism leads to a superficial consumer culture and life choices valued only by their monetary value. Some Choice uses the cases of cloning, drive-through deliveries, emergency medicine, genetic privacy, human experimentation, tobacco control, and physician-assisted suicide, among others, to suggest ways in which we can break through our vapid and superficial public discourse on life and death issues and begin to engage in a public dialogue that enriches our lives and society rather than cheapens them. George Annas is one of the most widely recognized names in current bioethics debates. His goal in this new book is to help open a national and international dialogue that sees the search for universal human rights as valuable, and international cooperation to define, protect, and promote them as central to life.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780195118322
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
This book is a passionate critique of the shallowness of choice rhetoric used to camouflage critical personal and public policy issues in contemporary debates in American medicine. Our public discourse on life and death, from health care to medical research, and from risky behavior to assisted suicide, is dominated by the market model of consumerism augmented by appeals to individual freedom. In fact, however, in most cases there is no real choice left for individuals to make; the important choices have been made by others, and the illusion of choice fosters complacency. Knee-jerk libertarianism leads to a superficial consumer culture and life choices valued only by their monetary value. Some Choice uses the cases of cloning, drive-through deliveries, emergency medicine, genetic privacy, human experimentation, tobacco control, and physician-assisted suicide, among others, to suggest ways in which we can break through our vapid and superficial public discourse on life and death issues and begin to engage in a public dialogue that enriches our lives and society rather than cheapens them. George Annas is one of the most widely recognized names in current bioethics debates. His goal in this new book is to help open a national and international dialogue that sees the search for universal human rights as valuable, and international cooperation to define, protect, and promote them as central to life.
Parliamentary Papers
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bills, Legislative
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bills, Legislative
Languages : en
Pages : 716
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The Pantheon
Author: François Pomey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mythology, Classical
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mythology, Classical
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Medical Meanings
Author: William S. Haubrich
Publisher: ACP Press
ISBN: 1930513496
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Dr. William S. Haubrich's curiosity knows no bounds, nor does that of his readers. The overwhelming demand for more histories of yet more words is satisfied in the eagerly awaited second edition of Medical Meanings: A Glossary of Word Origins. Here the reader will find not just etymology and explanations of medical terminology but lessons in history and popular culture. They will learn what really ailed John Merrick, a.k.a., the Elephant Man; what odd deformity plagued the House of Hapsburg, rulers of Spain from 1493 to 1780; and what the connection is between fetal alcohol syndrome and Little Orphan Annie. Charming, witty, and a rollicking learning experience, the second edition of Medical Meanings is fully updated and revised to include over thirty percent more of the definitions, histories, and amusing anecdotes readers of the first edition so treasured.
Publisher: ACP Press
ISBN: 1930513496
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Dr. William S. Haubrich's curiosity knows no bounds, nor does that of his readers. The overwhelming demand for more histories of yet more words is satisfied in the eagerly awaited second edition of Medical Meanings: A Glossary of Word Origins. Here the reader will find not just etymology and explanations of medical terminology but lessons in history and popular culture. They will learn what really ailed John Merrick, a.k.a., the Elephant Man; what odd deformity plagued the House of Hapsburg, rulers of Spain from 1493 to 1780; and what the connection is between fetal alcohol syndrome and Little Orphan Annie. Charming, witty, and a rollicking learning experience, the second edition of Medical Meanings is fully updated and revised to include over thirty percent more of the definitions, histories, and amusing anecdotes readers of the first edition so treasured.
Steps to Successful Reading: Fiction
Author: Susan Stein
Publisher: Walch Publishing
ISBN: 9780825142512
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Provides a variety of fiction genres, ways to develop reading strategies, teaching tips and strategies for addressing English language learners.
Publisher: Walch Publishing
ISBN: 9780825142512
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Provides a variety of fiction genres, ways to develop reading strategies, teaching tips and strategies for addressing English language learners.
Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 678
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 678
Book Description
The World Book
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 734
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 734
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Accounts and papers
Author: Great Britain House of Commons
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 622
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