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Source Book in Bioethics
. Ed(S): Jonsen, Albert R.; Veatch, Robert M.; Walters, Leroy
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Description for Source Book in Bioethics
Paperback. 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. Editor(s): Jonsen, Albert R.; Veatch, Robert M.; Walters, Leroy. Num Pages: 640 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBDC; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1203.
Government agencies and commissions, courts, and legislatures have during the past several decades produced reports, rendered decisions, and passed laws that 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 Source Book in Bioethics is the first and only comprehensive collection of the critical public documents in biomedical ethics, including many hard-to-find or out-of-print materials. 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 ... Read more
Government agencies and commissions, courts, and legislatures have during the past several decades produced reports, rendered decisions, and passed laws that 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 Source Book in Bioethics is the first and only comprehensive collection of the critical public documents in biomedical ethics, including many hard-to-find or out-of-print materials. 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
640
Condition
New
Number of Pages
640
Place of Publication
Washington, DC, United States
ISBN
9780878406852
SKU
V9780878406852
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99-13
About . Ed(S): Jonsen, Albert R.; Veatch, Robert M.; Walters, Leroy
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 ... Read more
Reviews for Source Book in Bioethics
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 ... Read more