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Autore |
Annas George J |
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Titolo |
Worst case bioethics [[electronic resource] ] : death, disaster, and public health / / George J. Annas |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2010 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-026765-8 |
1-282-54424-1 |
9786612544248 |
0-19-974949-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (360 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Medical ethics - United States |
Medical care - United States |
Public health - United States |
Medical policy - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Introduction; I: DEATH AND DISASTER; II: DEATH AND THE CONSTITUTION; III: DISASTER AND PUBLIC HEALTH; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Bioethics, still in its infancy, is routinely called on by the government to provide political cover for controversial public health decisions involving the life and death of Americans. Doomsday or worst-case scenarios are often at the heart of these biopolitical decisions. A central feature of science fiction, these scenarios can impart useful insights. But worst-case scenarios, like Frankenstein's monster, can also be unpredictably destructive, undermining both preparedness and the very values bioethics seeks to promote. Discovering a new flu strain, for example, leads immediately to visions |
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