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The birth of bioethics / Albert R. Jonsen.

By: Publication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.Description: xiv, 431 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0195103254 (acidfree paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • W 60 J81b 1998
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Contents:
Contents Part I. Bioethical Beginnings: The People and Places 1. Great Issues of Conscience: Medical Ethics before Bioethics 2. The Theologians: Rediscovering the Tradition 3. The Philosophers: Clarifying the Concepts 4. Commissioning Bioethics: The Government in Bioethics, 1974-1983 Part II. Bioethical Beginnings: The Problems 5. Experiments Perilous: The Ethics of Research with Human Subjects 6. Splicing Life: Genetics and Ethics 7. The Miracle of Modern Medicine: The Ethics of Organ Transplantation 8. Who Should Live? Who Should Die? The Ethics of Death and Dying 9. O Brave New World! The Ethics of Human Reproduction Part III. Discipline, Discourse, and Ethos 10. Bioethics As a Discipline 11. Bioethics As a Discourse 12. Bioethics--American and Elsewhere
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Part I. Bioethical Beginnings: The People and Places
1. Great Issues of Conscience: Medical Ethics before Bioethics
2. The Theologians: Rediscovering the Tradition
3. The Philosophers: Clarifying the Concepts
4. Commissioning Bioethics: The Government in Bioethics, 1974-1983

Part II. Bioethical Beginnings: The Problems
5. Experiments Perilous: The Ethics of Research with Human Subjects
6. Splicing Life: Genetics and Ethics
7. The Miracle of Modern Medicine: The Ethics of Organ Transplantation
8. Who Should Live? Who Should Die? The Ethics of Death and Dying
9. O Brave New World! The Ethics of Human Reproduction

Part III. Discipline, Discourse, and Ethos
10. Bioethics As a Discipline
11. Bioethics As a Discourse
12. Bioethics--American and Elsewhere

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