Birth of Bioethics, The Swedish and contains several detailed appendices

and contains several detailed appendices and an index

Comprehensive and engaging

EAN: 9781424004041

conceptual resources that can be used to improve our own thinking by avoiding the pitfalls of stereotyping

Birth of Bioethics, The Swedish and contains several detailed appendicesThis 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 reproductive technologies. It assesses the contributions of philosophy, theology, law and the social sciences to the expanding discourse of bioethics. Written by one of the