The birth of bioethics /

A broad history of the growing field of bioethics. Covering the period 1947-1987, it examines the origin and evolution of the debates over human experimentation, genetic engineering, organ transplantation, termination of life-sustaining treatment and new reproductive technologies. It assesses the co...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jonsen, Albert R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Temas:
Medical ethics > United States > History.
Bioethics > United States > History.
Bioethics > history
Ethics, Medical > history
Éthique médicale > États-Unis > Histoire.
Bioéthique > États-Unis > Histoire.
MEDICAL > Ethics.
Bioethics
Medical ethics
Bioethik
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Great issues of conscience: medical ethics before bioethics
  • The theologians: rediscovering the tradition
  • The philosophers: clarifying the concepts
  • Commissioning bioethics: the government in bioethics, 1974-1983
  • Experiments perilous: the ethics of research with human subjects
  • Splicing life: genetics and ethics
  • The miracle of modern medicine: the ethics of organ transplantation and artificial organs
  • Who should live? Who should die? The ethics of death and dying
  • O Brave New World! The ethics of human reproduction
  • Bioethics as a discipline
  • Bioethics as a discourse
  • Bioethics--American and elsewhere.

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