The View From Here (Paperback)

Raymond De Vries

ISBN 10: 1405152699 / ISBN 13: 9781405152693

Published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Hoboken, 2007

About this Item

Paperback. 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 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. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The View From Here (Paperback)
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Hoboken
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1405152699
• ISBN 13: 9781405152693
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: new

About this title

Synopsis

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.

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• 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.