If I Were a Rich Man Could I Buy a Pancreas? : And Other Essays on the Ethics of Health Care

"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.