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." —EthicsA member of the President's Task Force on National Health Care Reform examines some of the most controversial biomedical issues of our time.