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 around
the world. Sections on human experimentation, care of the
terminally ill, genetics, human reproduction, and emerging areas in
bioethics include such pivotal works as "The Nuremberg Code," "The
Tuskegee Report," and "In the Matter of Baby M," as well less
readily available documents as "The Declaration of Inuyama," the
Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences
statement on genetic engineering, and "The Warnock Committee
Report" on reproductive technologies from the United Kingdom. Three
eminent scholars in the field provide brief introductions to each
document explaining the significance of these classic sources.
This historical volume will be a standard text for courses in
bioethics, health policy, and death and dying, and a primary
reference for anyone interested in this increasingly relevant
field.
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