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This Eighth Edition of TAKING SIDES: CLASHING VIEWS IN HEALTH AND SOCIETY presents current controversial issues in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills. Each issue is thoughtfully framed with an issue summary, an issue introduction, and a postscript. An instructor's manual with testing material is available for each volume. USING TAKING SIDES IN THE CLASSROOM is also an excellent instructor resource with practical suggestions on incorporating this effective approach in the classroom. Each TAKING SIDES reader features an annotated listing of selected World Wide Web sites and is supported by our student website, www.mhcls.com/online.

Preliminary Contents PART 1 The Health Care Industry 700036 Issue 1. Should Purchasing Health Insurance Be Mandatory? YES: 46210 Ronald Bailey, from "Mandatory Health Insurance Now!," Reason (November 2004) NO: 46211 Michael Tanner, from "The Slippery Slope to National Health Care," USA Today Magazine (July 2006) 40204 Issue 2. Should Life Sustaining Medical Care Be Rationed Based on Age? YES: 40207 Clare M. Clarke, from "Rationing Scarce Lift-Sustaining Resources on the Basis of Age," Journal of Advanced Nursing (May 22, 2001) NO: 40208 Norman G. Levinsky, from "Can We Afford Medical Care for Alice C?," Lancet (December 5, 1998) 700037 Issue 3. Is Medical Debt a Major Contributor to Personal Bankruptcy? YES: 46212 David U. Himmelstein, Elizabeth Warren, Deborah Thorne, and Steffie Woolhandler, from "Discounting the Debtors Will Not Make Medical Bankruptcy Disappear," Health Affairs (February 28, 2006) NO: 46213 David Dranove and Michael L. Millenson, from "Medical Bankruptcy: Myth Versus Fact," Health Affairs (February 28, 2006) 700038 Issue 4. Is the Pharmaceutical Industry Responsible for the High Cost of Prescription Drugs? YES: 35602 Christopher F. Koller, from "Prescription for Trouble: Why Drug Prices Keep Exploding," Commonweal (June 15, 2001) NO: 46214 Peter W. Huber, from "Of Pills and Profits: In Defense of Big Pharma," Commentary (July/August 2006) PART 2 Health and Society 35439 Issue 5. Is Drug Testing Vital to the Workplace? YES: 35604 William F. Current, from "Cut Costs and Increase Safety with Pre-Employment Drug Testing," Occupational Hazards (July 2002) NO: 35605 Jacob Sullum, from "Urine - or You're Out," Reason (November 2002) 35440 Issue 6. Should Doctors Ever Help Terminally Ill Patients to Commit Suicide? YES: 35606 Richard T. Hull, from "The Case For Physician-Assisted Suicide," Free Inquiry (Spring 2003) NO: 35607 Margaret Somerville, from "The Case Against Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide," Free Inquiry (Spring 2003) 35441 Issue 7. Should the Government Regulate the Sale, Advertisement, and Distribution of Junk Food? YES: 35608 Marion Nestle and Michael F. Jacobson, from "Halting the Obesity Epidemic: A Public Health Policy Approach," Public Health Reports (vol. 115, January/February 2000) NO: 35609 Michelle Cottle, from "Heavy Duty," The New Republic (May 13, 2002) 35442 Issue 8. Should Race Play a Role in the Treatment and Study of Disease? YES: 35610 Esteban Gonzblez Burchard et al., from "The Importance of Race and Ethnic Background in Biomedical Research," New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 348, no. 12, March 20, 2003)

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