A Primer for Health Care Ethics: Essays for a Pluralistic Society, 2d ed.

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O'Rourke, Kevin, ed. A Primer for Health Care Ethics: Essays for a Pluralistic Society, 2nd ed. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2000; 800246-9606; 410-516-6995.

This book is a collection of essays originally written for students and professors at the Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center as part of their education program. The essays were written monthly by the staff of the Center for Health Care Ethics, often in response to questions of health care ethics being discussed in the media. The first edition appeared in 1994. This second volume includes some of the original essays on fundamental issues, such as the nature of health care ethics, and...