The birth of bioethics
By: Albert R. Jonsen.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 431
Subjects: Medical ethics -- United States -- History; Bioethics -- United States -- History
Description: This book is the first broad history of the growing field of bioethics. Covering the period 1947-1987, it examines the origin and evolution of the debates over human experimentation, genetic engineering, organ transplantation, termination of life-sustaining treatment, and new reproductive technologies. It assesses the contributions of philosophy, theology, law and the social sciences to the expanding discourse of bioethics.

Written by one of the field's founders, The Birth of Bioethics is based on extensive archival research into sources that are difficult to obtain and on interviews with many of the leading figures in the moral debates in medicine. It will serve the information needs of philosophers, ethicists, social historians and everyone interested in the origins of some of today's most hotly debated issues.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.