Bioethics and Society by Raymond Devries

Bioethics and Society by Raymond Devries

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Features essays by leading medical sociologists/anthropologists and medical ethicists who consider the full range of cultural, economic, and social dimensions of bioethics. This text views the field of bioethics from a sociological viewpoint - exploring how and why bioethics came to be a player in American medicine.

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Bioethics and Society by Raymond Devries

For undergraduate/graduate-level courses in Medical Sociology, Sociology of Health, Medical Ethics, Bioethics. This reader features essays by leading medical sociologists/anthropologists and medical ethicists who consider the full range of cultural, economic, and social dimensions of bioethics This is the first text to view the field of bioethics from a sociological viewpoint — exploring how and why bioethics came to be a player in American medicine. Cutting-edge in perspective, it provides a firsthand look at how a new discipline and its practitioners emerge, and provides a model for applying sociology to a field of medicine. The book is useful to students of medical sociology and medical ethics.
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ISBN 13 9780135312520
ISBN 10 0135312523
Title Bioethics and Society
Author Raymond Devries
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Pearson Education (US)
Year published 1998-03-04
Number of pages 320
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