The Good Doctor (34 page)

BEACON PRESS

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the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations.

© 2014 by Barron H. Lerner, MD

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Printed in the United States of America

This book is printed on acid-free paper that meets the uncoated paper ANSI/NISO specifications for permanence as revised in 1992.

Text design and composition by Kim Arney

Frontispiece photo © Barron H. Lerner

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Lerner, Barron H.

The good doctor : a father, a son, and the evolution
of medical ethics / by Barron H. Lerner, MD.

pages      cm

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN 978-0-8070-3340-1 (hardcover : alk. paper)

ISBN 978-0-8070-3341-8 (ebook : alk. paper)

1. Lerner, Barron H. 2. Lerner, Phillip I., 1932-2012.
3. Physicians-Professional ethics. 4. Medical ethics.
5. Medical care-Decision making. I. Title.

R725.5.L47 2014

174.2—dc23

2013048242