Worst case bioethics : death, disaster, and public health /

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Bioethics, still in its infancy, is routinely called on by the government to provide political cover for controversial public health decisions involving the life and death of Americans. Doomsday or worst-case scenarios are often at the heart of these biopolitical decisions. A central feature of scie...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Annas, George J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Medical ethics > United States.
Medical care > United States.
Public health > United States.
Medical policy > United States.
Bioethics.
Death > Psychological aspects.
Disasters.
Medical policy.
Human rights.
Bioethics
Attitude to Death
Disasters
Health Policy
Human Rights
Jurisprudence
Éthique médicale > États-Unis.
Santé publique > États-Unis.
Politique sanitaire > États-Unis.
Bioéthique.
Mort > Aspect psychologique.
Catastrophes.
Politique sanitaire.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
disasters.
MEDICAL > Ethics.
Human rights
Death > Psychological aspects
Medical care
Medical ethics
Medical policy
Public health
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • American healthcare
  • Bioterror and bioart
  • State of emergency
  • Licensed to torture
  • Hunger strikes
  • War
  • Cancer
  • Drug dealing
  • Toxic tinkering
  • Abortion
  • Culture of death
  • Patient safety
  • Global health
  • Statue of security
  • Pandemic fear
  • Bioidentifiers
  • Genetic genocide.

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