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Source Book in Bioethics

A Documentary History

Author: Albert R. Jonsen, Robert M. Veatch and LeRoy Walters   Series: Source Book in Bioethics

Source Book in Bioethics
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"This is a 'must have' for the reference shelf."

Offers a comprehensive collection of the critical public documents in biomedical ethics. Covering the period from 1947 to 1995, this volume brings together core legislative documents, court briefs, and reports by professional organizations, public bodies, and governments around the world.

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"This is a 'must have' for the reference shelf."

Offers a comprehensive collection of the critical public documents in biomedical ethics. Covering the period from 1947 to 1995, this volume brings together core legislative documents, court briefs, and reports by professional organizations, public bodies, and governments around the world.

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Government agencies and commissions, courts and legislatures during the last decades of the 20th century have both defined the fundamental issues in the field of bioethics and established ways of managing them in our society. Providing a history of these key bioethical decisions, this is a comprehensive collection of public documents in biomedical ethics, including many hard-to-find or out-of-print materials.

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Awards

Winner of Outstanding Academic Book of the Year 6 (United States) Winner of Outstanding Academic Book of the Year.

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“"This is a 'must have' for the reference shelf." -- E-Streams”

In the past few decades, governments at all levels have developed a host of policies and laws that have framed the dialogue, concepts, and practice of making correct decisions on bioethical questions. Many of these documents vital to the field of bioethics are difficult to find, but this book provides easy access to the classics in the field... A very valuable resource. Choice This is a 'must have' for the reference shelf. E-Streams An invaluable source book for, among others, ethicists, students, health law attorneys, researchers, health care professionals, and ethics committee members. Bioethics Forum

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About the Author

Albert R. Jonsen is a professor of ethics in medicine and chairman of the Department of Medical History and Ethics at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Robert M. Veatch is professor of medical ethics and former director of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University. LeRoy Walters is Joseph P. Kennedy Professor of Christian Ethics at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics.

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Government agencies and commissions, courts and legislatures during the last decades of the 20th century have both defined the fundamental issues in the field of bioethics and established ways of managing them in our society. Providing a history of these key bioethical decisions, this is a comprehensive collection of public documents in biomedical ethics, including many hard-to-find or out-of-print materials.

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Product Details

Publisher
Georgetown University Press
Published
7th September 1999
Pages
640
ISBN
9780878406852

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