Bioethics In Social Context

Abstract

Introduction --Barry Hoffmaster 1. Clinical Narratives and Ethical Dilemmas in Geriatrics --Sharon R. Kaufman 2. Situated Ethics, Culture, and the Brain Death Problem in Japan --Margaret Lock 3. Constructing Moral Boundaries: Public Discourse on Human Experimentation in Twentieth Century America --Sydney A. Halpern 4. Media Images, Genetics, and Culture: Potential Impacts of Reporting Scientific Findings on Bioethics --Peter Conrad 5. Emotions in Medical and Moral Life --Renee R. Anspach and Diane Beeson 6. A Contextual Approach to Clinical Ethics Consultation --Patricia A. Marshall 7. Family Values and Resistance to Genetic Testing --Diane Beeson and Teresa Doksum 8. Ethics Committees and Social Change: Plus Va change...? --Cate McBurney 9. Irony, Ethnography, and Informed Consent --Charles L. Bosk Afterword --Barry Hoffmaster