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The Making of British Bioethics

The Making of British Bioethics

Wilson, Duncan

Hardcover

Medical ReferenceGeneral World HistoryBritish History

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ISBN10: 0719096197
ISBN13: 9780719096198
Publisher: Manchester Univ Pr
Published: Oct 31 2014
Pages: 320
Weight: 1.15
Height: 1.20 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

The making of British bioethics provides the first in-depth study of how philosophers, lawyers and other 'outsiders' came to play a major role in discussing and helping to regulate issues that used to be left to doctors and scientists. It details how British bioethics emerged thanks to a dynamic interplay between sociopolitical concerns and the aims of specific professional groups and individuals who helped create the demand for outside involvement and transformed themselves into influential 'ethics experts'. Highlighting this interplay helps us appreciate how issues such as embryo research and assisted dying became high-profile 'bioethical' concerns in the late twentieth century, and why different groups now play a critical role in developing regulatory standards and leading public debates. The book draws on a wide range of original sources and will be of interest to historians of medicine and science, general historians and bioethicists.

An electronic edition of this book is freely available under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND) licence.

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