Before Bioethics: A History of American Medical Ethics from the Colonial Period to the Bioethics Revolution

by Robert Baker

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Before Bioethics narrates the history of American medical ethics from its colonial origins to current bioethical controversies over abortion, AIDS, animal rights, and physician-assisted suicide. This comprehensive history tracks the evolution of American medical ethics over four centuries, from colonial midwives and physicians' oaths to medical society codes, through the bioethics revolution. Applying the concept of "morally disruptive technologies,"...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0199774110

ISBN13:9780199774111

Release Date:October 2013

Publisher:Oxford Univ PR

Length:496 Pages

Weight:1.80 lbs.

Dimensions:1.5" x 6.1" x 9.3"

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