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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453994103321

Autore

Radest Howard B. <1928-2014.>

Titolo

Bioethics [[electronic resource] ] : catastrophic events in a time of terror / / [Howard B. Radest]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : Lexington Books, c2009

ISBN

1-282-49444-9

9786612494444

0-7391-3529-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Disciplina

174.957

174/.957

Soggetti

Disaster medicine - Moral and ethical aspects

Medical ethics

Bioethics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. The Many Faces of Terror; Chapter 2. Ethics, Thick and Thin; Chapter 3. The Law; Chapter 4. Katrina: Rehearsal for Terrorism; Chapter 5. The Case of Dr. Pou; Chapter 6. SARS; Chapter 7. It Hasn't Happened . . . Yet!; Chapter 8. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime; Chapter 9. Sword of Damocles?; Chapter 10. Conclusions and Confusions; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

This book benefits from the emergence of bioethics as it has evolved from its clinical roots to address policy, politics, and social practice far removed from that origin. It situates terrorism and bioterrorism in the field of ethical inquiry. Finally, it treats the catastrophic event as a category or genre and so enables us to enrich inquiry by ranging from hurricane and flood to terrorist attack.