Strangers At The Bedside: A History Of How Law And Bioethics Transformed Medical Decision Making by David J. Rothman


Strangers At The Bedside: A History Of How Law And Bioethics Transformed Medical Decision Making
Title : Strangers At The Bedside: A History Of How Law And Bioethics Transformed Medical Decision Making
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ISBN : 0465082106
ISBN-10 : 9780465082100
Language : English
Format Type : Paperback
Number of Pages : 320
Publication : First published May 25, 1991

What caused physicians in the USA to confront committees, forms, and active patients? Tracing the revolution that transformed the doctor-patient relationship, this book takes the reader into the laboratory and the examining room, tracing the development of new technologies and social attitudes.

Strangers At The Bedside: A History Of How Law And Bioethics Transformed Medical Decision Making Reviews

  • Anna Leah

    good explanation of how we got to where we are re: medical ethics. I was looking for a book more focusing on medical ethics. o well

  • Samuel Brown

    A well-written, insightful history of the rise of bioethics (particularly 1966-1976) written by a sympathetic and skillful historian. Highly recommended for historians of latter twentieth-century health/medicine/philosophy and for curious physicians and observers of physicians.