Physicians at War: The Dual-Loyalties Challenge

International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine #41

by Fritz Allhoff (Editor)

Recently, there has been a tremendous interest in the ethical issues that confront physicians in times of war, as well as some of the uses of physicians during wars. This book presents a theoretical apparatus which underpins those debates, namely by casting physicians as being faced with dual-loyalties during times of war. While this theoretical apparatus has been developed in other contexts, it has not been specifically brought to bear on the ethical conflicts that wars bring.

286 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2008