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The first history of bioethics in Britain

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Ethics ‘by and for professions’: the origins and endurance of club regulation
2. Ian Ramsey, theology and ‘trans-disciplinary’ medical ethics
3. ‘Who’s for bioethics?’ Ian Kennedy, oversight and accountability in the 1980s
4. ‘Where to draw the line?’ Mary Warnock, embryos and moral expertise
5. ‘A service to the community as a whole’: the emergence of bioethics in British universities
6. Consolidating the ‘ethics industry’: a national ethics committee and bioethics during the 1990s
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

The Making of British Bioethics

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 31/10/2014
      ISBN13: 9780719096198, 978-0719096198
      ISBN10: 719096197

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The first history of bioethics in Britain

      Table of Contents

      Introduction
      1. Ethics ‘by and for professions’: the origins and endurance of club regulation
      2. Ian Ramsey, theology and ‘trans-disciplinary’ medical ethics
      3. ‘Who’s for bioethics?’ Ian Kennedy, oversight and accountability in the 1980s
      4. ‘Where to draw the line?’ Mary Warnock, embryos and moral expertise
      5. ‘A service to the community as a whole’: the emergence of bioethics in British universities
      6. Consolidating the ‘ethics industry’: a national ethics committee and bioethics during the 1990s
      Conclusion
      Bibliography
      Index

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