Medicine Health and Bioethics: Essential Primary Sources (Social Issues Primary Sources Collection)

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Название:Medicine Health and Bioethics: Essential Primary Sources (Social Issues Primary Sources Collection)

Автор: K.Lee Lerner

Издательство: Gale

ISBN: 1414406231

Дата издания:2006-05-31

Страниц: 576

Язык:Английский

Формат:PDF

Размер:10.30 MB

Grade 9 Up–Speeches, legislation, articles, letters, interviews, literature, photographs, personal essays, and advertisements have been selected to represent a sweeping view of events over the last 200 years. The volume opens with an extensive chronology. Next are 160 articles, divided into 8 sections: Biomedical Science, Clinical Medicine, War and Medicine, Industry and Medicine, Public Health, Wellness and Health, Alternative Medicine, and Bioethics. Each selection includes an essay discussing the significance of the document, information on its author, notes providing historical and social context, and a list of further resources. The materials, some complete and others excerpted, are presented mostly chronologically within each section. Documents on hot-button issues include a 2004 United Nations report on human cloning, a 2005 newspaper report on Terri Schiavo's death, and a 2004 report on stem-cell research from the President's Council on Bioethics.