Strangers At the Bedside - A History of How Law and Bioethics Transformed Medical Decision Making

David Rothman gives us a brilliant, finely etched study of medical practice today

List of contents

Acknowledgments, Introduction: Making the Invisible Visible, 1. The Nobility of the Material, 2. Research at War, 3. The Guilded Age of Research, 4. The Doctor as Whistle-Blower, 5. New Rules for the Laboratory, 6. Bedside Ethics, 7. The Doctor as Stranger, 8. Life Through Death, 9. Commissioning Ethics, 10. No One to Trust, 11. New Rules for the Bedside, Epilogue: The Price of Success, Afterword, Appendix A, Notes, Index

About the author

David J. Rothman

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David Rothman gives us a brilliant, finely etched study of medical practice today

Product details

• Authors: David J Rothman, David J. Rothman
• Assisted by: David J Rothman (Editor), David J. Rothman (Editor), Rothman David J. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.07.2017
• EAN: 9781138533530
• ISBN: 978-1-138-53353-0
• No. of pages: 313
• Series: Social Institutions and Social Change Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, MEDICAL / Ethics, Medical ethics and professional conduct, Medical ethics & professional conduct