TY - BOOK AU - Smith,Wesley J. TI - Culture of death: the assault on medical ethics in America SN - 1893554066 (alk. paper) AV - R724 .S57 2000 U1 - 174/.2/0973 21 PY - 2000/// CY - San Francisco, Calif. PB - Encounter Books KW - Medical ethics KW - United States KW - Local KW - Bioethics N1 - Includes index; Notes: p. 249-273; Includes bibliographical references and index; Harsh medicine -- Live unworthy of life -- The price of autonomy -- Creating a duty to die -- Organ donors or organ farms? -- Protecting animals at the expense of people -- Toward a "human rights" bioethics -- The payoff from animal research ER -