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Before bioethics : a history of American medical ethics from the colonial period to the bioethics revolution / Robert Baker.

By: Material type: TextTextDescription: 1 online resourceISBN:
  • 9780199369508 (ebook)
Other title:
  • American medical ethics from the colonial period to the bioethics revolution
Uniform titles:
  • Oxford scholarship online.
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version: No titleDDC classification:
  • 174.20973 23
Online resources: Summary: Baker 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 book tracks the evolution of American medical ethics from colonial midwives and physicians' oaths, to medical society codes and bioethical principles.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Baker 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 book tracks the evolution of American medical ethics from colonial midwives and physicians' oaths, to medical society codes and bioethical principles.

Available electronically via the Internet.

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