Who Says You're Dead?: Medical & Ethical Dilemmas for the Curious & Concerned by Appel, Jacob M.
Who Says You're Dead?: Medical & Ethical Dilemmas for the Curious & Concerned by Appel, Jacob M.

Who Says You're Dead?: Medical & Ethical Dilemmas for the Curious & Concerned

"An original, compelling, and provocative exploration of ethical issues in our society, with thoughtful and balanced commentary....
CHF 37.10
CHF 37.10
SKU: 9781616209223
Product Type: Books
Please hurry! Only 6 left in stock
Author: Jacob M. Appel
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Subtotal: CHF 37.10
10 customers are viewing this product
Who Says You're Dead?: Medical & Ethical Dilemmas for the Curious & Concerned by Appel, Jacob M.

Who Says You're Dead?: Medical & Ethical Dilemmas for the Curious & Concerned

CHF 37.10
Who Says You're Dead?: Medical & Ethical Dilemmas for the Curious & Concerned by Appel, Jacob M.

Who Says You're Dead?: Medical & Ethical Dilemmas for the Curious & Concerned

CHF 37.10
Author: Jacob M. Appel
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
"An original, compelling, and provocative exploration of ethical issues in our society, with thoughtful and balanced commentary. I have not seen anything like it." --Alan Lightman, author of Einstein's Dreams

Drawing upon the author's two decades teaching medical ethics, as well as his work as a practicing psychiatrist, this profound and addictive little book offers up challenging ethical dilemmas and asks readers, What would you do?
  • A daughter gets tested to see if she's a match to donate a kidney to her father. The test reveals that she is not the man's biological daughter. Should the doctor tell the father? Or the daughter?
  • A deaf couple prefers a deaf baby. Should they be allowed to use medical technology to ensure they have a child who can't hear?
  • Who should get custody of an embryo created through IVF when a couple divorces?
  • Or, when you or a loved one is on life support, Who says you're dead?
In short, engaging scenarios, Dr. Appel takes on hot-button issues that many of us will confront: genetic screening, sexuality, privacy, doctor-patient confidentiality. He unpacks each hypothetical with a brief reflection drawing from science, philosophy, and history, explaining how others have approached these controversies in real-world cases. Who Says You're Dead? is designed to defy easy answers and to stimulate thought and even debate among professionals and armchair ethicists alike.

Author: Jacob M. Appel
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Published: 10/08/2019
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.60w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9781616209223


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2019
Library Journal 10/01/2019 pg. 117

About the Author
Appel, Jacob M.: -

Jacob M. Appel is a physician, attorney, and bioethicist who serves as an attending psychiatrist in the Mount Sinai Healthcare System. He teaches ethics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, where he is Director of Ethics Education in Psychiatry and a member of the Institutional Review Board. Appel has been a regular ethics columnist for Huffington Post and Opposing Views, and writes a monthly bioethics column for Education Update. A frequent lecturer on bioethical issues, Appel's essays relating to bioethics have appeared in the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, the San Francisco Chronicle, and many other outlets. When not engaged in bioethics, Appel writes fiction: He has published novels, short fiction collections, and prize-winning stories.

Shipping & Return

Returns Policy

You may return most new, unopened items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund. We'll also pay the return shipping costs if the return is a result of our error (you received an incorrect or defective item, etc.).

You should expect to receive your refund within four weeks of giving your package to the return shipper, however, in many cases you will receive a refund more quickly. This time period includes the transit time for us to receive your return from the shipper (5 to 10 business days), the time it takes us to process your return once we receive it (3 to 5 business days), and the time it takes your bank to process our refund request (5 to 10 business days).

If you need to return an item, simply login to your account, view the order using the "Complete Orders" link under the My Account menu and click the Return Item(s) button. We'll notify you via e-mail of your refund once we've received and processed the returned item.

Shipping

We can ship to virtually any address in the world. Note that there are restrictions on some products, and some products cannot be shipped to international destinations.

When you place an order, we will estimate shipping and delivery dates for you based on the availability of your items and the shipping options you choose. Depending on the shipping provider you choose, shipping date estimates may appear on the shipping quotes page.

Please also note that the shipping rates for many items we sell are weight-based. The weight of any such item can be found on its detail page. To reflect the policies of the shipping companies we use, all weights will be rounded up to the next full pound.

Review

Related Products

Example product title
CHF 37.10
CHF 37.10
Example product title
CHF 37.10
CHF 37.10
Example product title
CHF 37.10
CHF 37.10
Example product title
CHF 37.10
CHF 37.10
Example product title
CHF 37.10
CHF 37.10
Example product title
CHF 37.10
CHF 37.10
Example product title
CHF 37.10
CHF 37.10
Example product title
CHF 37.10
CHF 37.10
Example product title
CHF 37.10
CHF 37.10
Example product title
CHF 37.10
CHF 37.10

Recently Viewed Products