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9780195171471

The Birth of Bioethics

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    9780195171471

  • ISBN10:

    0195171470

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-08-28
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Summary

This book is the first 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 reproductivetechnologies. It assesses the contributions of philosophy, theology, law and the social sciences to the expanding discourse of bioethics. Written by one of the field's founders, it is based on extensive archival research into resources that are difficult to obtain and on interviews with manyleading figures. A very readable account of the development of bioethics, the book stresses the history of ideas but does not neglect the social and cultural context and the people involved.

Author Biography

Albert R. Jonsen, Ph.D., is Chairman of the Department of Medical History and Ethics and Professor of Ethics in Medicine at the School of Medicine, University of Washington.

Table of Contents

Prefacep. vii
Acknowledgmentsp. xv
Bioethical Beginnings: The People and Places
Great Issues of Conscience: Medical Ethics Before Bioethicsp. 3
The Theologians: Rediscovering the Traditionp. 34
The Philosophers: Clarifying the Conceptsp. 65
Commissioning Bioethics: The Government in Bioethics, 1974-1983p. 90
Bioethical Beginnings: The Problems
Experiments Perilous: The Ethics of Research with Human Subjectsp. 125
Splicing Life: Genetics and Ethicsp. 166
The Miracle of Modern Medicine: The Ethics of Organ Transplantation and Artificial Organsp. 196
Who Should Live? Who Should Die? The Ethics of Death and Dyingp. 233
O Brave New World! The Ethics of Human Reproductionp. 282
Discipline, Discourse, and Ethos
Bioethic As a Disciplinep. 325
Bioethics As a Discoursep. 352
Bioethics--American and Elsewherep. 377
Epiloguep. 406
Indexp. 417
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