UID:
almafu_9959234468002883
Format:
1 online resource (360 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-19-045299-4
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0-19-026765-8
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1-282-54424-1
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9786612544248
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0-19-974949-3
Content:
Bioethics, still in its infancy, is routinely called on by the government to provide political cover for controversial public health decisions involving the life and death of Americans. Doomsday or worst-case scenarios are often at the heart of these biopolitical decisions. A central feature of science fiction, these scenarios can impart useful insights. But worst-case scenarios, like Frankenstein's monster, can also be unpredictably destructive, undermining both preparedness and the very values bioethics seeks to promote. Discovering a new flu strain, for example, leads immediately to visions
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Contents; Introduction; I: DEATH AND DISASTER; II: DEATH AND THE CONSTITUTION; III: DISASTER AND PUBLIC HEALTH; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Notes; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-984071-7
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-539173-X
Language:
English
