The making of British bioethics /

The making of British bioethics /

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Author / Creator:	Wilson, Duncan, 1978- author.
Imprint:	Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2014.
Description:	1 online resource (1 PDF file (xi, 303 pages)) : portrait
Language:	English
Series:	Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf.
Subject:	Bioethics -- Great Britain -- History. Bioethics -- history Bioethical Issues -- history History, 20th Century History, 21st Century Bioethics. United Kingdom Great Britain. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11736107

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ISBN:	9781526102829 152610282X 9781847798879 184779887X 9780719096198 0719096197
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Open Access English. Online resource; title from PDF title page (OAPEN, viewed July 6, 2016).
Summary:	This book draws on a wide range of sources to detail how and why bioethics became so influential in Britain, including the archives of government departments, public inquiries, universities and professional organisations, as well as private papers, published materials, press reports, television programmes and interviews. I use this material to chart the professional, social and political factors that underpinned the making of British bioethics: to show how certain individuals fashioned themselves into authorities on bioethics; to identify the various sites in which bioethics emerged; and to outline how it fulfilled different roles for various groups and professions.
Other form:	Print version: Wilson, Duncan, 1978- Making of British bioethics. Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2014 9780719096198
Standard no.:	10.26530/OAPEN_502670

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Summary:	The making of British bioethics provides the first in-depth study of how philosophers, lawyers and other 'outsiders' came to play a major role in discussing and helping to regulate issues that used to be left to doctors and scientists. It details how British bioethics emerged thanks to a dynamic interplay between sociopolitical concerns and the aims of specific professional groups and individuals who helped create the demand for outside involvement and transformed themselves into influential 'ethics experts'. Highlighting this interplay helps us appreciate how issues such as embryo research and assisted dying became high-profile 'bioethical' concerns in the late twentieth century, and why different groups now play a critical role in developing regulatory standards and leading public debates. The book draws on a wide range of original sources and will be of interest to historians of medicine and science, general historians and bioethicists.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 PDF file (xi, 303 pages)) : portrait
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781526102829 152610282X 9781847798879 184779887X 9780719096198 0719096197
Access:	Open Access