Do We Still Need Doctors? (Reflective Bioethics) - Hardcover

"For anyone who wishes a relatively brief, easy-to-read, thoughtful, and deeply penetrating examination of the issues facing medicine today, this is the book to read...John Lantos, a pediatrician, teacher, and bioethicist, opens and closes the book with unanswered questions. In doing so his purpose is 'to think about the roles and responsibilities within the ever-metastazing enterprise that we will call the health system.' Particularly, he wants to 'think about what doctors do within that system, what doctors once did, and what doctors out to do.'...In short, the author, whose religious background is Judaism, provides much food for thought for the Christian and for the medical profession.." -"Ethics and Medicine "With intelligence and balance, Lantos guides the reader through the ethical morass of what has become a public debate.." -"Library Journal, June 1, 1997 "This thoughtful book is a literate and troubled search for the lost soul of doctoring. It feels as though the author could not restrain himself from spilling onto paper what he had observed as the paradoxes and contradictinos, the triumphs and tragedies, of the practice of healing. It is worth anyone's time to read this succinct and erudite contribution to the issues of the goals of medicine and doctoring." -Journal of the American Medical Association "Lantos has written an engaging book that provides a fascinating guided tour through current ethical and medical dilemmas." -The Houston Chronicle "With intelligence and balance, Lantos guides the reader the through the ethical morass of what has become a public debate." -Library Journal

Written with poignancy and compassion, Do We Still Need Doctors? is a personal account from the front lines of the moral and political battles that are reshaping America's health care system.