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Observing bioethics [electronic resource] / Renée C. Fox and Judith P. Swazey ; with the assistance of Judith C. Watkins.

By: Fox, Renee C. (Renee Claire), 1928-.
Contributor(s): Swazey, Judith P | Watkins, Judith C | ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008Description: xii, 388 p. ; 25 cm.Subject(s): Medical ethics -- United States -- History | Bioethics -- United States -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 174.2 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
The coming of bioethics -- The coming of bioethicists -- "Choices on our conscience": the inauguration of the Kennedy Institute of Education -- "Hello, Dolly": bioethics in the media -- Celebrating bioethics and bioethicists -- Thinking socially and culturally in bioethics -- Reminiscences of observing participants -- Bioethics circles the globe -- Bioethics in France -- The development of bioethics in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan -- The coming of the culture wars to American bioethics.
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174.2 (Browse shelf) Available

Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-371) and index.

The coming of bioethics -- The coming of bioethicists -- "Choices on our conscience": the inauguration of the Kennedy Institute of Education -- "Hello, Dolly": bioethics in the media -- Celebrating bioethics and bioethicists -- Thinking socially and culturally in bioethics -- Reminiscences of observing participants -- Bioethics circles the globe -- Bioethics in France -- The development of bioethics in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan -- The coming of the culture wars to American bioethics.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2010. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.