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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-101108708765

ISBN-139781108708760

eBay Product ID (ePID)4038694165

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Number of Pages924 Pages

Publication NameCambridge World History of Medical Ethics

LanguageEnglish

SubjectEthics, Ethics & Moral Philosophy

Publication Year2018

TypeTextbook

AuthorLaurence B. Mccullough

Subject AreaPhilosophy, Medical

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height2 in

Item Weight80.4 Oz

Item Length11 in

Item Width8.5 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2007-037915

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Reviews'I'm pleased to have this volume on my bookshelf; and when a student comes in wondering about what health practitioners in the ninth- to fourteenth-century Middle East thought about psychosomatic aspects of disease, I will know just where to look.' Kirstin Borgerson, Isis, "It took Baker and McCullough 10 years to edit The Cambridge World History of Medical Ethics, but the result is 876 pages written by the editors and by 55 other bioethics scholars and historians from around the globe. It took me a month to read the book comprehensively and critically, but this was one of the most pleasant and interesting reads I have ever had.... The information presented is rich and exciting.... One section I know I will find useful was part 2, "Chronology of Medical Ethics," prepared by the editors. They listed facts in 4 columns--dates, events, persons, and texts. The 76 pages that comprise the chronology list a large number of facts pertaining to bioethics, many of which were new to me. I am sure other readers will find this part of the encyclopedia fascinating and useful, and I believe scholars of bioethics will use this chronology more than other parts of the book, because it contains an exceedingly easy-to-use history of bioethics that provides the most complete outline of the history of bioethics I have read. Searching for correct historical facts in bioethics is quickly and easily accomplished in this part of the encyclopedia, and this part will help every bioethics scholar in his or her work. I predict that this will be the most thumbed and worn part of the volume in every library. ... Every municipal library should have a copy of The Cambridge World History of Medical Ethics, and it should be a mandatory purchase for every university reference." --Journal of the American Medical Association of bioethics I have read. Searching for correct historical facts in bioethics is quickly and easily accomplished in this part of the encyclopedia, and this part will help every bioethics scholar in his or her work. I predict that this will be the most thumbed and worn part of the volume in every library. ... Every municipal library should have a copy of The Cambridge World History of Medical Ethics, and it should be a mandatory purchase for every university reference." --Journal of the American Medical Association complished in this part of the encyclopedia, and this part will help every bioethics scholar in his or her work. I predict that this will be the most thumbed and worn part of the volume in every library. ... Every municipal library should have a copy of The Cambridge World History of Medical Ethics, and it should be a mandatory purchase for every university reference." --Journal of the American Medical Association of bioethics I have read. Searching for correct historical facts in bioethics is quickly and easily accomplished in this part of the encyclopedia, and this part will help every bioethics scholar in his or her work. I predict that this will be the most thumbed and worn part of the volume in every library. ... Every municipal library should have a copy of The Cambridge World History of Medical Ethics, and it should be a mandatory purchase for every university reference." --Journal of the American Medical Association, "....The introduction by the editors sets out the reasoning behind the structure of the different sections, so a motivated reader can figure out (more or less) what is in each section and why. The chapters have clearly been edited for consistency of tone and language where possible. Moreover, the ultimate inclusive aim of the volume is laudable and, more often than not, achieved. I agree with the editors that wide-ranging historical perspectives have the potential to provide a welcome antidote to superficial work by some contemporary bioethicists, who may be all too quick to assume that the history of medical ethics starts in 1970 or that bioethical concepts have been around for millennia in roughly their current form. I'm pleased to have this volume on my bookshelf; and when a student comes in wondering about what health practitioners in the ninth- to fourteenth-century Middle East thought about psychosomatic aspects of disease, I will know just where to look." --Kirstin Borgerson, Isis s s s

Dewey Edition22

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal174.2

Table Of ContentPart I. An Introduction to the History of Medical Ethics; Part II. A Chronology of Medical Ethics Robert B. Baker and Laurence McCullough; Part III. Discourses of Medical Ethics through the Life Cycle; Part IV. Discourses of Religion on Medical Ethics; Part V. The Discourses of Philosophy on Medical Ethics; Part VI. The Discourses of Practitioners on Medical Ethics; Part VII. The Discourses of Bioethics; Part VIII. Discourses on Medical Ethics and Society.

SynopsisThe Cambridge World History of Medical Ethics is the first comprehensive scholarly account of the global history of medical ethics. Offering original interpretations of the field by leading bioethicists and historians of medicine, it will serve as the essential point of departure for future scholarship in the field. The book reconceptualises the history of medical ethics through the creation of new categories, including the life cycle; discourses of religion, philosophy, and bioethics; and the relationship between medical ethics and the state, which includes a historical reexamination of the ethics of apartheid, colonialism, communism, health policy, imperialism, militarism, Nazi medicine, Nazi 'medical ethics', and research ethics. Also included are the first global chronology of persons and texts; the first concise biographies of major figures in medical ethics; and the first comprehensive bibliography of the history of medical ethics. An extensive index guides readers to topics, texts, and proper names., The Cambridge World History of Medical Ethics is the first comprehensive scholarly account of the global history of medical ethics. Offering original interpretations of the field by leading bioethicists and historians of medicine, it will serve as the essential point of departure for future scholarship in the field. The volumes reconceptualize the history of medical ethics through the creation of new categories, including the life cycle; discourses of religion, philosophy, and bioethics; and the relationship between medical ethics and the state, which includes a historical reexamination of the ethics of apartheid, colonialism, communism, health policy, imperialism, militarism, Nazi medicine, Nazi "medical ethics," and research ethics. Also included are the first global chronology of persons and texts; the first concise biographies of major figures in medical ethics; and the first comprehensive bibliography of the history of medical ethics. An extensive index guides readers to topics, texts, and proper names., The Cambridge World History of Medical Ethics, the first book of its kind, takes a global, multicultural, and interdisciplinary approach to the history of medical ethics. The book offers a chronology of major figures and texts, biographies of major figures, a comprehensive bibliography, and a history of the field itself.

LC Classification NumberR724.C3274 2018