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Record Nr.

UNINA9910962724803321

Autore

Stevens Tina

Titolo

Bioethics in America : origins and cultural politics / / M.L. Tina Stevens

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2000

ISBN

0-8018-7697-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (223 p.)

Disciplina

174/.2/0973

Soggetti

Medical ethics - United States - History

Bioethics - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Notes: p. 161-194.

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue The Tradition of Ambivalence -- Chapter One The Culture of Post-atomic Ambivalence -- Chapter Two "Leader of Leaders" -- Chapter Three Redefining Death in America -- Chapter Four "Sleeping Beauty" -- Epilogue Conclusion and Outlook -- Notes -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

"An interesting and provocative book, well worth reading for the issues it raises as well as for the historical analysis of the bioethics movement." -- Perspectives in Biology and Medicine "Bioethics in America merits our attention. It will encourage additional reflection on the sources and meaning of the rise of this new profession dedicated to moral arbitration." -- Journal of American History.