21A.216J / SP.622J / WGS.622J Dilemmas in Bio-Medical Ethics: Playing God or Doing Good?, Spring 2005

21A.216J / SP.622J / WGS.622J Dilemmas in Bio-Medical Ethics: Playing God or Doing Good?, Spring 2005

This course is an introduction to the cross-cultural study of bio-medical ethics. It examines moral foundations of the science and practice of western bio-medicine through case studies of abortion, contraception, cloning, organ transplantation, and other issues. It also evaluates challenges that new...

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Main Author: James, Erica
Language:en-US
Published: 2005
Subjects:
Anthropology
cross-cultural study
bio-medical ethics
moral foundations
science
western bio-medicine
case studies
abortion
contraception
cloning
organ transplantation
medical technologies
practice
availability
medical services
globe
kinship
personhood
critique
anthropological
feminist
legal
religious
theorists.
theorists
21A.216J
21A.216
SP.622J
SP.622
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/97002

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