Social science perspectives on medical ethics / edited by George Weisz.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Clinical Encounters Of The Ethical Kind : -- Clinical Trials and the Collective Ethic: The Case of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and the Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis / Ian Robinson -- Biomedical Rituals and Informed Consent: Native Canadians and the Negotiation of Clinical Trust / Joseph M. Kaufert And John D. O'Neil -- Moral Conflicts in a Psychiatric Hospital Treating Combat-related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) / Allan Young -- Institutional Factors Affecting Psychiatric Admission and Commitment Decisions / Charles W. Lidz And Edward P. Mulvey -- Part II. Ethics In The Public Arena : -- Reaching Consensus About Death: Heart Transplants and Cultural Identity in Japan / Margaret Lock And Christina Honde -- Ethics, Politics and Contraception: Canada and the Licensing of Depo-Provera / Patricia A. Kaufert -- Part III. the Institutions And Ideology Of Medical Ethics : -- The Origins of Medical Ethics in France: The International Congress of Morale Medicale of 1955 / George Weisz -- The British General Medical Council and Medical Ethics / Margaret Stacey -- Human Experimentation and the Origins of Bioethics in the United States / David J. Rothman -- The Evolution of American Bioethics: A Sociological Perspective / Renee C. Fox -- Part IV. Medical Ethics And Social Science : -- Medical Anthropology and the Comparative Study of Medical Ethics / Richard W. Lieban -- Morality and the Social Sciences / Barry Hoffmaster -- Ethics and Ethnography in Neonatal Intensive Care / Bruce Jennings.