Worst case bioethics : death, disaster, and public health /

Bioethics, still in its infancy, is routinely called on by the government to provide political cover for controversial public health decisions involving the life and death of Americans. Doomsday or worst-case scenarios are often at the heart of these biopolitical decisions. A central feature of scie...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Annas, George J.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Subjects:	Medical ethics > United States. Medical care > United States. Public health > United States. Medical policy > United States. Bioethics. Death > Psychological aspects. Disasters. Medical policy. Human rights. Bioethics Attitude to Death Disasters Health Policy Human Rights Jurisprudence United States Éthique médicale > États-Unis. Santé publique > États-Unis. Politique sanitaire > États-Unis. Bioéthique. Mort > Aspect psychologique. Catastrophes. Politique sanitaire. Droits de l'homme (Droit international) Droit. disasters. law (discipline) MEDICAL > Ethics. Human rights Death > Psychological aspects Medical care Medical ethics Medical policy Public health Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

American healthcare
Bioterror and bioart
State of emergency
Licensed to torture
Hunger strikes
War
Cancer
Drug dealing
Toxic tinkering
Abortion
Culture of death
Patient safety
Global health
Statue of security
Pandemic fear
Bioidentifiers
Genetic genocide.