The View From Here: Bioethics and the Social Sciences

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The View From Here: Bioethics and the Social Sciences

Raymond De Vries,Leigh Turner,Kristina Orfali,Charles Bosk

Description

This book is a comprehensive exploration of the relationship between the social sciences and the appearance and growth of bioethics, and provides new analysis on how ordinary questions become “bioethical” questions.

Provides new analysis on the variations between different countries and their health systems
Questions why some bioethical issues fail to attract the attention of bioethicists
Investigates the effect of the rise of bioethics in the field of medical sociology
An essential text for medical sociologists, medical anthropologists, bioethicists, and to the increasingly large audience of those interested in the relationship between the social sciences and bioethics

About the Author

Raymond De Vries is a member of the Bioethics Program at the University of Michigan.

Leigh Turner is an Associate Professor in the Biomedical Ethics Unit and Department of Social Studies of Medicine at McGill University.

Kristina Orfali is an Associate Clinical Professor of Bioethics in Pediatrics, a Research Scholar at Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy and a Faculty Associate in the Center for Bioethics at Columbia University.

Charles Bosk is Professor of Sociology and Medical Ethics at the University of Pennsylvania.

Features

Provides new analysis on the variations between different countries and their health systems
Explores the profession of bioethics and its role in discussions about the means and ends of the life sciences
Questions why some bioethical issues fail to attract the attention of bioethicists
Investigates the effect of the rise of bioethics in the field of medical sociology
An essential text for medical sociologists, medical anthropologists, bioethicists, and to the increasingly large audience of those interested in the relationship between the social sciences and bioethics

Series

Sociology of Health and Illness Monographs

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