Birth of Bioethics

Name: Birth of Bioethics
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ISBN: 9780195171471

ISBN-10: 0195171470

ISBN-13: 9780195171471

Edition: 2003

Authors: Albert R. Jonsen

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Covering the period from 1947 to 1987, Jonsen examines the history of bioethics. He discusses human experimentation, genetic engineering and organ transplantation as well as the philosophical, legal and social policy implications.

Book details

List price: $76.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/28/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 9.09" wide x 6.50" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.628
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments



Bioethical Beginnings: The People and Places



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



Bioethical Beginnings: The Problems



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



Discipline, Discourse, and Ethos



Bioethic As a Discipline



Bioethics As a Discourse



Bioethics--American and Elsewhere


Epilogue


Index