Social science perspectives on medical ethics / edited by George Weisz. - 295 pages ; 23 cm. - Culture, Illness, and Healing ; 16 . - Culture, illness, and healing ; 16. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

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Medical ethics

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