Worst Case Bioethics: Death, Disaster, and Public Health

by George J. Annas

Book Overview

Bioethics, still in its infancy, is routinely called on by the government to provide political cover for controversial public health decisions involving the life and death of Americans. Doomsday or worst-case scenarios are often at the heart of these biopolitical decisions. A central feature of science fiction, these scenarios can impart useful insights. But worst-case scenarios, like Frankenstein's monster, can also be unpredictably destructive,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019539173X
• ISBN13: 9780195391732
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 9.3" x 6.4"