The Limits of Medical Paternalism defines and morally assesses paternalistic interventions, especially in the context of modern medicine and health care, partic

"A very good book indeed: there is scarcely an issue anyone has thought to raise about the topic which Childress fails to treat with sensitivity and good judgem

While paternalism has been a long-standing philosophical issue, it has recently received renewed attention among scholars and the general public. The Routledge

Argues that laws that enforce what is good for the individual's well-being, or hinder what is bad, are morally justified.

Published in 1998, this book addresses the moral, social and political problems emerging from the practice of healing and caring, biomedical research and the pr