"An important contribution to a debate that will continue for some time." --Health and Canadian Society
"Insightful and thought-provoking. . . . As Caplan has demonstrated so clearly . . . we would all be better off if the ethicists spoke first and not last." --The Washington Post
"Caplan's views are important and instructive. . . . [This] book represents some of his best work." --New England Journal of Medicine
"Caplan's [book] is thought provoking, insightful, and well argued. I recommend it highly." --The Journal of the American Medical Association
" . . . a generously illustrated discourse on method in medical and practical ethics." --Ethics
A member of the President's Task Force on National Health Care Reform examines some of the most controversial biomedical issues of our time.