| Bioethics in Social Context Contributor(s): Hoffmaster, Barry (Author) |
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ISBN: 1566398452 ISBN-13: 9781566398459 Publisher: Temple University Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2001 Annotation: These original essays by medical sociologists, anthropologists and bioethicists examine the difficult ethical decisions involved in surgery, treatment, and life support. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Ethics - Medical | Health Policy |
| Dewey: 174.2 |
| LCCN: 00055213 |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 6.02" W x 8.98" (0.76 lbs) 419 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The essays in this text use qualitative research to expose the multiple contexts within which the problems of bio-ethics arise, are defined and debated, and ultimately resolved. The ethical problems of ethnography are specifically reflected upon in a concluding essay. |