Worst case bioethics : death, disaster, and public health /
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 scie...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2010.
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| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=315370 |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 335 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199749492 0199749493 9780195391732 019539173X 9780190267650 0190267658 |