Disaster Bioethics: Normative Issues When Nothing is Normal Normative Issues When Nothing is Normal /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: O’Mathúna, Dónal P. (Editor), Gordijn, Bert (Editor), Clarke, Mike (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Public Health Ethics Analysis, 2
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Ethics.; Social sciences.; Social Sciences, general.

This book provides an early exploration of the new field of disaster bioethics: examining the ethical issues raised by disasters. Healthcare ethics issues are addressed in the first part of this book. Large-scale casualties lead to decisions about who to treat and who to leave behind, cultural chall...