This is a vivid, thought-provoking and fascinating text on some
contentious issues in contemporary medical ethics. The book acknowledges
the contribution of "African tradition" and Western scholarship to the
development of medical ethics as a university discipline. It questions
the lack of consensus around such biomedical issues as euthanasia and
traditional medicine. In many countries, the failure has resulted in
public outcries. Its thrust centres on the nexus of practice and theory,
and the importance of pragmatism and critical questioning in dealing
with different cases on and around biomedicine. Its virtue is its
significant shift from the traditional positions on selected biomedical
issues to a more rigorous, pragmatic and critical questioning and
understanding of the reasoning and positions of all involved and/or
affected parties.