Health Care Ethics Research Guide

Suggested Reading List (Ebooks in bold type)

Non-Fiction Titles (Print books)

Dark Remedy: The Impact of Thalidomide and Its Revival as a Vital Medicine by Rock Brynner and Trent Stephens (pharmaceutical development, testing and monitoring)
RA1242.T5 S74 2001

This Lovely Life: A Memoir of Premature Motherhood by Vicki Forman (bioethics at the beginning of life)
RJ250.3.F67 2009

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman (cultural conflicts in health care)
RA418.5.T73 F33 1998

Radical Evolution by Joel Garreau (emerging biotechnologies)
GN281 .G37 2006 (not available as ebook)

At the Will of the Body: Reflections on Illness by Arthur W. Frank (the patient experience)
RC265.6.F73 A3 2002 (not available as ebook)

Caring Well: Religion, Narrative and Health Care Ethics edited by David Smith (health care ethics and religion)
R725.55 .C375 2000 (not available as ebook)

Liberation Biology: The Scientific and Moral Case for the Biotech Revolution by Ronald Bailey (emerging biotechnologies)
TP248.23 .B35 2005 (not available as ebook)

How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter by Sherwin Nuland (personal insights on medical practice and the end of life)
BD444 .N85 1994 (not available as ebook)

Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World by Tracy Kidder (global health issues)
R154.F36 K53 2004

Medical Care at the End of Life: A Catholic Perspective by David F. Kelly (end of life issues)
R725.56 .K46 2006

Beyond Therapy: Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Happiness by President's Council on Bioethics or Leon Kass. (emerging biotechnologies)
PR 43.8:B 52/T 34

What Patients Taught Me: A Medical Student's Journey by Audrey Young (ethics of the ordinary)
R729.5.R87 Y68 2004

Coronary: A True Story of Medicine Gone Awry by Steve Klaidman (Tenet Healthcare scandal)
RC669.K52 2008

Neonatal Bioethics: The Moral Challenges of Medical Innovation by John O. Lantos and William L. Meadow (neonatal ethics)
RJ253.5 .L37 2006

More Than Human: Embracing the Promise of Biological Enhancement by Ramez Naam (emerging technologies and human enhancement)
RB155 .N27 2005 (not available as ebook)

His Brother's Keeper by Jonathan Weiner (ethics in research, access to experimental treatments, stem cell research)
RC406.A24 W45 2005 (not available as ebook)

Surgically Shaping Children: Technology, Ethics, and the Pursuit of Normality by Erik Parens (Editor) (cosmetic surgery, disability and children)
RD137 .S846 2006

Oath Betrayed: Torture, Medical Complicity, and the War on Terror by Steven Miles (medical providers and torture in war)
R725.5 .M55 2006

At the Will of the Body: Reflections on Illness by Arthur W. Frank (the patient experience)
RC265.6.F73 A3 2002 (not available as ebook)

How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter by Sherwin Nuland (personal insights on medical practice and the end of life)
BD444 .N85 1994 (not available as ebook)

The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History by John M. Barry (ethical issues in public health such as allocating resources and civil liberties)
RC150.4 .B37 2004

Sick Girl by Amy Silverstein (the physical, emotional, social and financial costs of long term transplant survival)
RD598.35.T7S58 2007

Doctors on the Edge: Will Your Doctor Break the Rules for You? by Fred Abrams (a series of case studies from practice)
R725.5 .A27 2006

In Defiance of Death: Exposing the Real Costs of End-of-Life Care by Kenneth A. Fisher and Lindsay E. Rockwell (ethical issues in end-of-life care)
R726.8 .F62 2008

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (research ethics, informed consent, patenting of human cells)
RC265.6.L24 S55 2009
RC265.6.L24 S55 2010b (audio book)

Taming the Beloved Beast: How Medical Technology Costs are Destroying Our Healthcare System by Daniel Callahan (health policy, medical technology)
RA410.53.C353 2009

Fiction Titles* (Print books)

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiquro (cloning)
PR6059.S5 N48 2005 (not available as ebook)

Mindscan by Robert Sawyer (biotechnology)
PR9199.3 .S2533 M56 2005

The Judas Virus by David Best (xenoplants)
PS3602.E737 J82 2003

The Cider House Rules by John Irving (abortion)
PS3559.R8 C5 1985 (not available as ebook)

Intuition by Allegra Goodman (and medical research, misconduct, research funding)
PS3557.O5829 I58 2007

My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult (genetic manipulation and sibling donors)
PS3566.I372M9 2004

Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult (wrongful life / wrongful birth lawsuits)
PS3566.I372 H36 2009

The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon (autism and the definition of "normal")
PS3563 .O52873 S65 2005

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (technology, personhood, patient/provider relationship)
PR5397 .F7 1993

The Plague by Albert Camus (public health, personhood, patient/provider relationship)
PQ2605.A3734 P413

Suggested Reading List (Ebooks - online)

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Beyond Therapy: Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Happiness by President's Council on Bioethics or Leon Kass. (emerging biotechnologies)

What Patients Taught Me: A Medical Student's Journey by Audrey Young (ethics of the ordinary)
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Surgically Shaping Children: Technology, Ethics, and the Pursuit of Normality Erik Parens (Editor) (cosmetic surgery, disability and children)
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The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History by John M. Barry (ethical issues in public health such as allocating resources and civil liberties)
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In Defiance of Death by Kenneth Fisher and Lindsay Rockwell
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Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (technology, personhood, patient/provider relationship)
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The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy
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Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World by Tracy Kidder (global health issues)
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My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult (genetic manipulation and sibling donors)
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