Worst case bioethics : death, disaster, and public health /

Bioethics, still in its infancy, is routinely called on by the government to provide political cover for controversial public health decisions involving the life and death of Americans. Doomsday or worst-case scenarios are often at the heart of these biopolitical decisions. A central feature of scie...

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Death, disaster, and public health
1. Verfasser:
Annas, George J.
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford University Press 2010
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
Bioethics, still in its infancy, is routinely called on by the government to provide political cover for controversial public health decisions involving the life and death of Americans. Doomsday or worst-case scenarios are often at the heart of these biopolitical decisions. A central feature of science fiction, these scenarios can impart useful insights. But worst-case scenarios, like Frankenstein's monster, can also be unpredictably destructive, undermining both preparedness and the very values bioethics seeks to promote. Discovering a new flu strain, for example, leads immediately to visions
Umfang:
1 online resource (xxiv, 335 pages)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-045299-4
0-19-026765-8
1-282-54424-1
9786612544248
0-19-974949-3
Schlagworte:
Medical ethics > United States.
Medical care > United States.
Public health > United States.
Medical policy > United States.
Bioethics.
Death > Psychological aspects.
Disasters.
Medical policy.
Human rights.
Bioethics > NLM-D001675
Attitude to Death > NLM-D001293
Disasters > NLM-D004190
Health Policy > NLM-D006291
Human Rights > NLM-D006806
Jurisprudence > NLM-D007603
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