Bioethics at the movies
By: edited by Sandra Shapshay.
Contributors: Shapshay, Sandra, 1969-
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Baltimore, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780801890772; 9780801890789
Subjects: Medical ethics -- Miscellanea; Motion pictures
Genres: Miscellanea.
Description: Bioethics explores the ways in which popular films engage basic bioethical concepts and concerns. Twenty-one philosophically grounded essays use cinematic tools such as character and plot development, scene setting, and narrative framing to demonstrate a range of principles and topics in contemporary medical ethics. Structured to mirror bioethics and cinema classes, this innovative work includes end-of-chapter questions for further consideration and contributions from scholars from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Israel, Spain, and Australia.
Notes: Includes index.