The Development of Bioethics in the United States

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Garrett, Jeremy R. (Editor), Jotterand, Fabrice (Editor), Ralston, D. Christopher (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Philosophy and Medicine, 115
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Culture > Study and teaching.; Medicine > Philosophy.; Medical ethics.; Philosophy of Medicine.; Theory of Medicine/Bioethics.; Regional and Cultural Studies.

In only four decades, bioethics has transformed from a fledgling field into a complex, rapidly expanding, multidisciplinary field of inquiry and practice.  Its influence can be found not only in our intellectual and biomedical institutions, but also in almost every facet of our social, cultural, and...