Bioethics in historical perspective /

Ferber, Sarah, 1957-

Bioethics in historical perspective / by Sarah Ferber. - Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. - xiv, 233 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 166-209) and index.

Introduction -- Bioethics as scholarship -- Language, narrative and rhetoric in bioethics -- Euthanasia, the Nazi analogy and the slippery slope -- Heredity, genes and reproductive politics -- Human experimentation -- Thalidomide.

9781403987235 (cloth : alk. paper) 1403987238 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781403987242 (pbk.) 1403987246 (pbk.)

2013372036

GBB392687 bnb

016515663 Uk


Bioethics.
Bioethics--History.
Bioethics--history.
Euthanasia--history.
Human Experimentation--history.
Thalidomide--history.
Heredity--ethics.

MED QH332 / .F46

174.957

WB 60 F346b 2013