Bioethics and Society
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| Author | : Raymond G. De Vries |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 382 |
| Release | : 1998 |
| ISBN-10 | : STANFORD:36105110117996 |
| ISBN-13 | : |
| Rating | : 4/5 (96 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Bioethics and Society by : Raymond G. De Vries
Book excerpt: For undergraduate/graduate-level courses in Medical Sociology, Sociology of Health, Medical Ethics, Bioethics. This reader features essays by leading medical sociologists/anthropologists and medical ethicists who consider the full range of cultural, economic, and social dimensions of bioethics This is the first text to view the field of bioethics from a sociological viewpoint exploring how and why bioethics came to be a player in American medicine. Cutting-edge in perspective, it provides a firsthand look at how a new discipline and its practitioners emerge, and provides a model for applying sociology to a field of medicine. The book is useful to students of medical sociology and medical ethics.
