Alan Petersen

The Politics of Bioethics

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book investigates the socio-political implications of bioethics discourse and practices in relation to a range of controversial developments. It will be of interest to policymakers, clinicians, scholars, and others who are looking for new ways of making sense and evaluating recent developments in the field of bioethics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 245g
• ISBN-13: 9780415851398
• ISBN-10: 0415851394
• Artikelnr.: 37085723

Autorenporträt

Alan Petersen is Professor of Sociology at the School of Political and Social Inquiry, Monash University, Melbourne.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Bioethics as Politics 2. Bioethics and the Politics of Expectations 3.
Engendering Consent: Bioethics and Biobanks 4. Missing the Big Picture:
Bioethics and Stem Cell Research 5. Testing Times: Bioethics and
'Do-It-Yourself' Genetics 6. Governing Uncertainty: The Politics of
Nanoethics 7. Beyond Bioethics