Controversies in the Practice of Medicine: (Contemporary Controversies)

Goldstein, Myrna Chandler, Goldstein M.D., Mark A.

ISBN 10: 0313311315 / ISBN 13: 9780313311314

Editore: Greenwood, 2001

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Titolo: Controversies in the Practice of Medicine: (...

Casa editrice: Greenwood

Data di pubblicazione: 2001

Legatura: Hardcover

Condizione: Like New

Tipologia articolo: book

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From the medical use of marijuana to organ donations to animal testing, the medical profession is rife with controversial issues. Students and teachers can now use this reference resource to explore all sides of these issues. Narrative chapters, each one devoted to a specific topic, encourage students to consider all the facts surrounding the various controversies. Case studies and first-person accounts bring the issues to life and concluding questions for each chapter challenge students to use their critical thinking skills to draw their own conclusions.

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MYRNA CHANDLER GOLDSTEIN has been a freelance writer and independent scholar for two decades. Her website is Doing Good, While Doing Business: Support Socially Responsible Companies (www.changethemold.com). She is the author of Boys Into Men, Controversies in Food and Nutrition, and Controversies in the Practice of Medicine with Greenwood Press.

MARK A. GOLDSTEIN, M.D., is Chief of Pediatrics and Student Health Services at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and assistant professor of pediatrics at the Harvard Medical School. He is co-author, with Myrna Chandler Goldstein, of Boys Into Men (Greenwood, 2000).

MYRNA CHANDLER GOLDSTEIN has been a freelance writer and independent scholar for two decades. Her website is Doing Good, While Doing Business: Support Socially Responsible Companies (www.changethemold.com). She is the author of Boys Into Men, Controversies in Food and Nutrition, and Controversies in the Practice of Medicine with Greenwood Press.

MARK A. GOLDSTEIN, M.D., is Chief of Pediatrics and Student Health Services at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and assistant professor of pediatrics at the Harvard Medical School. He is co-author, with Myrna Chandler Goldstein, of Boys Into Men (Greenwood, 2000).

MYRNA CHANDLER GOLDSTEIN has been a freelance writer and independent scholar for two decades. Her website is Doing Good, While Doing Business: Support Socially Responsible Companies (www.changethemold.com). She is the author of Boys Into Men, Controversies in Food and Nutrition, and Controversies in the Practice of Medicine with Greenwood Press.

MARK A. GOLDSTEIN, M.D., is Chief of Pediatrics and Student Health Services at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and assistant professor of pediatrics at the Harvard Medical School. He is co-author, with Myrna Chandler Goldstein, of Boys Into Men (Greenwood, 2000).