African American Bioethics - Culture, Race, and Identity (Paperback)

Do people of differing ethnicities, cultures, and races view medicine and bioethics differently? And, if they do, should they? Are doctors and researchers taking environmental perspectives into account when dealing with patients? If so, is it done effectively and properly? In "African American Bioethics", Lawrence J. Prograis Jr. and Edmund D. Pellegrino bring together medical practitioners, researchers, and theorists to assess one fundamental question: Is there a distinctive African American bioethics? The book's contributors resoundingly answer yes - yet their responses vary. They discuss the continuing African American experience with bioethics in the context of religion and tradition, work, health, and U.S. society at large - finding enough commonality to craft a deep and compelling case for locating a black bioethical framework within the broader practice, yet recognizing profound nuances within that framework. As a more recent addition to the study of bioethics, cultural considerations have been playing catch-up for nearly two decades. "African American Bioethics" does much to advance the field by exploring how medicine and ethics accommodate differing cultural and racial norms, suggesting profound implications for growing minority groups in the United States.

General

Imprint:	Georgetown University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2007
First published:	May 2007
Editors:	Lawrence J. Prograis • Edmund D. Pellegrino
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	192
ISBN-13:	978-1-58901-164-9
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > Medical ethics Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Black studies
LSN:	1-58901-164-3
Barcode:	9781589011649

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