Bioethics in social context

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Contents Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1 Barry Hoffmaster 1. Clinical Narratives and Ethical Dilemmas in Geriatrics 12 Sharon R. Kaufman 2. Situated Ethics, Culture, and the Brain Death 39 “Problem” in Japan Margaret Lock 3. Constructing Moral Boundaries: Public Discourse on 69 Human Experimentation in Twentieth-Century America Sydney A. Halpern 4. Media Images, Genetics, and Culture: Potential 90 Impacts of Reporting Scientific Findings on Bioethics Peter Conrad 5. Emotions in Medical and Moral Life 112 Renee R. Anspach and Diane Beeson 6. A Contextual Approach to Clinical Ethics Consultation 137 Patricia A. Marshall 7. Family Values and Resistance to Genetic Testing 153 Diane Beeson and Teresa Doksum 8. Ethics Committees and Social Change: Plus ça change? 180 Cate McBurney v 9. Irony, Ethnography, and Informed Consent 199 Charles L. Bosk Afterword 221 Barry Hoffmaster About the Contributors 229 Index 231