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Social Science Perspectives on Medical Ethics
George . Ed(S): Weisz
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Description for Social Science Perspectives on Medical Ethics
Paperback. Editor(s): Weisz, George. Series: Culture, Illness & Healing. Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHM; WM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 486.
Medical or hio- ethics has in recent years been a growth industry. Journals, Centers and Associations devoted to the subject proliferate. Medical schools seem increasingly to be filling rare positions in the humanities and social sciences with ethicists. Hardly a day passes without some media scrutiny of one or another ethical dilemma resulting from our new-found ability to transform the natural conditions of life. Although bioethics is a self-consciously interdisciplinary field, it has not attracted the collaboration of many social scientists. In fact, social scientists who specialize in the study of medicine have in many cases watched its development with ... Read more
Medical or hio- ethics has in recent years been a growth industry. Journals, Centers and Associations devoted to the subject proliferate. Medical schools seem increasingly to be filling rare positions in the humanities and social sciences with ethicists. Hardly a day passes without some media scrutiny of one or another ethical dilemma resulting from our new-found ability to transform the natural conditions of life. Although bioethics is a self-consciously interdisciplinary field, it has not attracted the collaboration of many social scientists. In fact, social scientists who specialize in the study of medicine have in many cases watched its development with ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
Series
Culture, Illness & Healing
Number of Pages
298
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401073615
SKU
V9789401073615
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