Bioethics and Medical Issues in Literature (Exploring Social Issues through Literature)
By addebook • Jun 21st, 2008 • Category: Medicine •
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Bioethics and Medical Issues in Literature (Exploring Social Issues through Literature)
Greenwood Press | 0313320403 | Edition - 2005-04-30 | PDF | 256 pages | 1 MB | Rapidshare & Megaupload
Tremendous advances in science and technology have made bioethical and medical issues central to contemporary philosophical debates. Many of these modern concerns have been anticipated and addressed to varying degrees in numerous literary works. Designed to meet the needs of high school students and teachers, pre-med and other college students, as well as any one in or entering a health care profession, this reference, a valuable addition to academic and public libraries, discusses literature as a means of approaching medical and bioethical issues. Chapters look at such broad topics as technology’s creature, illness and culture, and end of life issues, with each chapter offering a close examination of two major literary works. Included are discussions of such critical issues as:
# Cloning
# Bioterrorism
# Organ Transplants
# Genetics
# AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases
# Obesity and Heart Disease
# Civil Rights
# And others. Literary works covered include:
# Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
# Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Rappaccini’s Daughter
# Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World
# Robin Cook’s Coma
# Albert Camus’ The Plague
# David Feldshuh’s Miss Evers’ Boys
# Ken Kesey’s One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest
# Alice Walker’s Possessing the Secret of Joy
# John Updike’s Rabbit at Rest
# And Margaret Edson’s Wit. Special features include a chronology of events in literature, medicine, and science; a glossary of literary, medical, and scientific terms; and lists of movies, Web sites, books and journals, and teaching methods.
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