Gregory E Pence

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1) Medical ethics: accounts of ground-breaking cases

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Now in its twentieth year of publication, this rich collection, popular among teachers and students alike, provides an in-depth look at major cases that have shaped the field of medical ethics. The book presents each famous (or infamous) case using extensive historical and contextual background, and then proceeds to illuminate it by careful discussion of pertinent philosophical theories and legal and ethical issues. - from product description.

2) Re-creating medicine: ethical issues at the frontiers of medicine

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Pence, Gregory E

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"In this book, Pence turns his skeptic's eye to a spectrum of ethical issues on medicine's frontier, including gene therapy to produce "brave new babies," cloning, the sale of human body parts and eggs, and experiments on human embryos."--Jacket.

3) Designer food: mutant harvest or breadbasket of the world?

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Pence, Gregory E

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Addresses the issues surrounding the ethics of genetically modified foods, chronicling the history of genetically modified food, and exploring the symbolic importance of food, world hunger, food terrorism, and democratic public participation in the debate surrounding genetically modified food.

4) Overcoming addiction: seven imperfect solutions and the end of America's greatest epidemic

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Pence, Gregory E

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With an estimated 20 million people addicted to drugs or alcohol, North America is in the grip of an unrivaled epidemic. Overcoming Addiction reveals how seemingly contradictory treatment theories must come together to understand and end dangerous substance abuse. Addiction treatment has become a billion-dollar industry based on innumerable clinical and psychological perspectives. Zealous clinicians and researchers have gathered around the theories,...