Setting Limits: Medical Goals in an Aging Society
Daniel Callahan
Sparking controversy in medical, social and professional circles, the nation's most respected medical ethicist strikes at the heart of America's growing health care crisis--the care of the aged.
Buy this book at AmazonAd- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Year
- 1995
- ISBN-13
- 9780878405725
- Genre
- Science & Technology
- Topics
- Medical ethicsAging and elder careHealth care policy
Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for General NonfictionShortlistedMajor(1988)
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