Postmodern malpractice a medical case study in the culture war /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Clements, Colleen D.
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Oxford ; New York : JAI, 2001.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed.
• Σειρά: Advances in bioethics ; v. 6
• Θέματα: Medical ethics > Case studies.; Medical ethics > Social aspects > Case studies.; Bioethics > Case studies.; Social ethics > Case studies.; Bio-ethics.; Medical > Ethics.

In this work, Colleen Clements presents her case for the need to subject the field of bioethics to a critical external analysis apart from the current postmodern assumptions. Clements argues that, since the 1970s, bioethics has refuted human values in favour of political consensus building. This fai...

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• The postmodern environment of bioethics
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