Bioethics

Explore key multidisciplinary titles in bioethics ranging from law and policy to research and emerging technologies, selected by RCL editors. Resources for College Libraries (RCL) features core titles for academic libraries, curated by Choice/ACRL subject specialists. In Syndetics Unbound, RCL Librarians recommend a selection of the 90,000+ titles available at rclweb.net.

Updated October 1, 2024
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Introduction to bioethics
Bryant, J. A.
Paper Book
Provides comprehensive, yet concise coverage of the broad field of bioethics, dealing with the scientific, medical, social, religious, political and international concerns This book offers complete information about all aspects of bioethics and its role in our world. It tackles the...
Understanding bioethics and the law : the promises and perils of the brave new world of biotechnology
Schaller, Barry R.
Paper Book
In this book, Schaller provides a thorough examination of the impact of biotechnology and biomedical advances on the everyday lives of people in modern society. Individuals and institutions are increasingly faced with a growing number of critical personal and ethical decisions that present...
Before bioethics : a history of American medical ethics from the colonial period to the bioethics revolution
Baker, Robert
Paper Book
Before Bioethics narrates the history of American medical ethics from its colonial origins to current bioethical controversies over abortion, AIDS, animal rights, and physician-assisted suicide. The first history of American medical ethics published in more than a half century, Before Bioethics...
The Penn Center guide to bioethics
Ravitsky, Vardit.
Paper Book
Named an Outstanding Academic Title for 2009 byChoice A] set of almost 70 essays, all well informed and many with attitude. Harold Shapiro, PhD Professor Emeritus and Professor of Economics and Public Affairs Princeton University, Former Chair, National...
Bioethics : the basics
Campbell, Alastair V.
Paper Book
Bioethics: The Basics is an introduction to the foundational principles, theories and issues in the study of medical and biological ethics. Readers are introduced to bioethics from the ground up before being invited to consider some of the most controversial but important questions facing us...
Disability, Health, Law, and Bioethics
Cohen, I. Glenn
Paper Book
Historically and across societies people with disabilities have been stigmatized and excluded from social opportunities on a variety of culturally specific grounds. In this collection, the authors explore the impact that the philosophical framing of disability can have on public policy questions, in...
Genomic politics : how the revolution in genomic science is shaping American society
Hochschild, Jennifer L.
Paper Book
A groundbreaking analysis of how the genomic revolution is transforming American society and creating new social divisions - some along racial lines - that promise to fundamentally shape American politics for years to come. The emergence of genomic science in the last quarter century has...
Feminist bioethics : at the center, on the margins
Scully, Jackie Leach.
Paper Book
This volume considers the place of feminist bioethics within the broader international bioethics community. Since its emergence two decades ago, the feminist perspective on bioethics has existed at the periphery of the discipline's mainstream. Concerns over reproduction and women's health...
A companion to bioethics
Kuhse, Helga.
Paper Book
This second edition of A Companion to Bioethics, fully revised and updated to reflect the current issues and developments in the field, covers all the material that the reader needs to thoroughly grasp the ideas and debates involved in bioethics. Thematically organized...
A Rich Bioethics: Public Policy, Biotechnology, and the Kass Council
Briggle, Adam
Several presidents have created bioethics councils to advise their administrations on the importance, meaning and possible implementation or regulation of rapidly developing biomedical technologies. From 2001 to 2005, the President's Council on Bioethics, created by President George W. Bush, was...

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