Author: Albert R. Jonsen
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674617254
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Jonsen (medical history and ethics, U. of Washington Medical School) addresses the conflict between altruism and self-interest, which he believes is built into the structure of medical care and woven into the fabric of physicians' lives. Ranging through history from the mythical Asclepius to the lat