Worst case bioethics : death, disaster, and public health / George J. Annas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Annas, George J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical ethics--United States.

Medical ethics.

Medical care--United States.

Medical care.

Public health--United States.

Public health.

Medical policy--United States.

Medical policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (360 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

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

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; I: DEATH AND DISASTER; II: DEATH AND THE CONSTITUTION; III: DISASTER AND PUBLIC HEALTH; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-045299-4

0-19-026765-8

1-282-54424-1

9786612544248

0-19-974949-3

OCLC:

607555358