Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven but Nobody Wants to Die: Bioethics and the Trans

Description: Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven but Nobody Wants to Die by Amy Gutmann, Jonathan D. Moreno An incisive examination of bioethics and American healthcare, and their profound affects on American culture over the last sixty years. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Shockingly, the United States has among the lowest life expectancies and highest infant mortality rates of any high-income nation, yet, as Amy Gutmann and Jonathan D. Moreno show, we spend twice as much per capita on medical care without insuring everyone. A ?remarkable, highly readable journey? (Judy Woodruff ) sure to become a classic on bioethics, Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven but Nobody Wants to Die explores the troubling contradictions between expanding medical research and neglecting human rights, from testing anthrax vaccines on children to using brain science for marketing campaigns. Providing ?a clear and compassionate presentation? (Library Journal) of such complex topics as radical changes in doctor-patient relations, legal controversies over in vitro babies, experiments on humans, unaffordable new drugs, and limited access to hospice care, this urgent and incisive history is ?required reading for anyone with a heartbeat? (Andrea Mitchell). Author Biography Amy Gutmann, the eighth president of the University of Pennsylvania, is an award-winning political theorist. She served on President Obamas bioethics commission. Jonathan D. Moreno is a Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. He served on President Obamas bioethics commission. Review Quote Astute.... illuminating.... Gutmann and Moreno lucidly outline the differences between earlier eras in medicine, when a doctors implicit permission to mislead, if not to lie outright was openly accepted, and contemporary medicine, where healthier food choice architecture and mental health system reforms are just two examples of the radical shift in perception and patient self-empowerment. The authors are unafraid to address more disputable, slippery slope issues, many of which remain targeted by polarized political systems.--Kirkus Reviews Targeting a general audience, this title provides a clear and compassionate presentation of complicated topics and how important it is to confront them.--Library Journal [Gutmann and Moreno] vividly explore the complexity of the ethical principles underlying scientific advances and emerging medical treatments.... Part cultural history, part philosophical enquiry, and part gentle polemic, this valuable survey should become prescribed reading for Americas healthcare practitioners.--Publishers Weekly Well done.--Booklist The age-old debate about health care--what we owe each other as we all become sick--has rarely been able to transcend the superficial and frustratingly binary arguments of the politics that has held a meaningful discussion hostage. This superb book is a refreshing departure.--Ken Burns, filmmaker A remarkable, highly readable journey through the development of modern thinking about bioethics, from syphilis experiments on black men in Tuskegee, and Brittany Maynards desire to die rather than live with uncurable cancer, to wondrous medical advances that pose excruciating trade-offs.--Judy Woodruff, anchor of PBS NewsHour Amy Gutmann and Jonathan Morenos groundbreaking Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven But Nobody Wants to Die should be required reading for anyone with a heartbeat who wants to understand the ethical and practical contradictions of our cultural obsession with prolonging life at all costs.--Andrea Mitchell, anchor of NBC News A tour de force. Readable and understandable to lay audiences, sophisticated and comprehensive for all, fair-minded in approach but also taking positions, this book gives a thorough history, with important examples, of all the areas of research and action that raise serious ethical questions. Everybody will face some of the challenges raised in this book. And everyone would benefit immensely from reading it.--Norman Ornstein, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute Details ISBN1631498002 Author Jonathan D. Moreno Year 2020 ISBN-10 1631498002 ISBN-13 9781631498008 Short Title Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven but Nobody Wants to Die Language English Format Paperback Subtitle Bioethics and the Transformation of Health Care in America Pages 384 Publication Date 2020-12-29 UK Release Date 2020-12-29 Imprint Liveright Publishing Corporation Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2020-12-29 NZ Release Date 2020-12-29 US Release Date 2020-12-29 Publisher WW Norton & Co Alternative 9780871404466 DEWEY 174.20973 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161646915;

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