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21A.216J / SP.622J / WGS.622J Dilemmas in Bio-Medical Ethics: Playing God or Doing Good?, Spring 2005

dc.contributor.authorJames, Ericaen_US
dc.coverage.temporalSpring 2005en_US
dc.date.issued2005-06
dc.identifier21A.216J-Spring2005
dc.identifierlocal: 21A.216J
dc.identifierlocal: SP.622J
dc.identifierlocal: WGS.622J
dc.identifierlocal: IMSCP-MD5-786cbba0b3d75e02d6fdef45892ceabc
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/97002
dc.description.abstractThis course is an introduction to the cross-cultural study of bio-medical ethics. It examines moral foundations of the science and practice of western bio-medicine through case studies of abortion, contraception, cloning, organ transplantation, and other issues. It also evaluates challenges that new medical technologies pose to the practice and availability of medical services around the globe, and to cross-cultural ideas of kinship and personhood. It discusses critiques of the bio-medical tradition from anthropological, feminist, legal, religious, and cross-cultural theorists.en_US
dc.languageen-USen_US
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dc.subjectAnthropologyen_US
dc.subjectcross-cultural studyen_US
dc.subjectbio-medical ethicsen_US
dc.subjectmoral foundationsen_US
dc.subjectscienceen_US
dc.subjectwestern bio-medicineen_US
dc.subjectcase studiesen_US
dc.subjectabortionen_US
dc.subjectcontraceptionen_US
dc.subjectcloningen_US
dc.subjectorgan transplantationen_US
dc.subjectmedical technologiesen_US
dc.subjectpracticeen_US
dc.subjectavailabilityen_US
dc.subjectmedical servicesen_US
dc.subjectglobeen_US
dc.subjectkinshipen_US
dc.subjectpersonhooden_US
dc.subjectcritiqueen_US
dc.subjectanthropologicalen_US
dc.subjectfeministen_US
dc.subjectlegalen_US
dc.subjectreligiousen_US
dc.subjecttheorists.en_US
dc.subjecttheoristsen_US
dc.subject21A.216Jen_US
dc.subject21A.216en_US
dc.subjectSP.622Jen_US
dc.subjectSP.622en_US
dc.title21A.216J / SP.622J / WGS.622J Dilemmas in Bio-Medical Ethics: Playing God or Doing Good?, Spring 2005en_US
dc.title.alternativeDilemmas in Bio-Medical Ethics: Playing God or Doing Good?en_US


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