Bioethics : catastrophic events in a time of terror /

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"Fire, flood, earthquake, famine, pestilence, and warfare are no strangers to our experience. Once, we sought to placate the gods who brought these evils upon us. Today, clinicians, engineers, and politicians replace priests, prophets, seers, and shamans, and we - Americans in particular - thin...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Radest, Howard B., 1928-2014
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, ©2009.
Subjects:
Disaster medicine > Moral and ethical aspects.
Medical ethics.
Bioethics.
Emergency management.
Terrorism.
Disaster Medicine > ethics
Ethics, Medical
Bioethical Issues
Disaster Planning
Terrorism
Médecine de catastrophes > Aspect moral.
Éthique médicale.
Bioéthique.
Gestion des situations d'urgence.
Terrorisme.
disaster planning.
terrorism.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Business Ethics.
Emergency management
Bioethics
Medical ethics
Katastrophenmedizin
Medizinische Ethik
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The many faces of terror
  • Ethics, thick and thin
  • The law
  • Katrina : rehearsal for terrorism
  • The case of Dr. Pou
  • SARS
  • It hasn't happened
  • yet!
  • The curious incident of the dog in the nighttime
  • Sword of Damocles?
  • Conclusions and confusions.

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