内容简介
TheCambridgeWorldHistoryofMedicalEthicsisthefirstcomprehensivescholarlyaccountoftheglobalhistoryofmedicalethics.Offeringoriginalinterpretationsofthefieldbyleadingbioethicistsandhistoriansofmedicine,itwillserveastheessentialpointofdepartureforfuturescholarshipinthefield.Thebookreconceptualisesthehistoryofmedicalethicsthroughthecreationofnewcategories,includingthelifecycle;discoursesofreligion,philosophy,andbioethics;andtherelationshipbetweenmedicalethicsandthestate,whichincludesahistoricalreexaminationoftheethicsofapartheid,colonialism,communism,healthpolicy,imperialism,militarism,Nazimedicine,Nazi'medicalethics',andresearchethics.Alsoincludedarethefirstglobalchronologyofpersonsandtexts;thefirstconcisebiographiesofmajorfiguresinmedicalethics;andthefirstcomprehensivebibliographyofthehistoryofmedicalethics.Anextensiveindexguidesreaderstotopics,texts,andpropernames.