In the Wake of Terror: Medicine and Morality in a Time of Crisis (Basic Bioethics)

In the Wake of Terror: Medicine and Morality in a Time of Crisis (Basic Bioethics)
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Год
 
Страниц
 
264
ISBN
 
0262633027
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Great Ocean Publishers
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Новинки Деловой жизни

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С прискорбием извещаем, Если бы смерть спала

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The war on terrorism and the threat of chemical and biological weapons have brought a new urgency to already complex moral and bioethical questions. In the Wake of Terror presents thought-provoking essays on many of the troubling issues facing American society, written by experts from the fields of medicine, health care policy, law, political science, history, philosophy, and theology. One of the first potential casualties of catastrophic circumstances is civil liberties. In the past, medical experiments conducted for national security purposes have violated ethical standards, and this book questions whether current policy provides sufficient safeguards against further abuses. It also focuses on public health issues, offering contrasting views on the extent to which civil authorities should be allowed to restrict freedom of movement in the name of national security and debating whether aggressive public health interventions improve public confidence and cooperation...

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