Social Science Perspectives on Medical Ethics

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction....Pages 3-15
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
Clinical Trials and the Collective Ethic: The Case of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and the Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis....Pages 19-39
Biomedical Rituals and Informed Consent: Native Canadians and the Negotiation of Clinical Trust....Pages 41-63
Moral Conflicts in a Psychiatric Hospital Treating Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)....Pages 65-82
Institutional Factors Affecting Psychiatric Admission and Commitment Decisions....Pages 83-96
Front Matter....Pages 97-97
Reaching Consensus About Death: Heart Transplants and Cultural Identity in Japan....Pages 99-119
Ethics, Politics and Contraception: Canada and the Licensing of Depo-Provera....Pages 121-141
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The Origins of Medical Ethics in France: The International Congress of Morale Médicale of 1955....Pages 145-161
The British General Medical Council and Medical Ethics....Pages 163-184
Human Experimentation and the Origins of Bioethics in the United States....Pages 185-200
The Evolution of American Bioethics: A Sociological Perspective....Pages 201-217
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Medical Anthropology and the Comparative Study of Medical Ethics....Pages 221-239
Morality and the Social Sciences....Pages 241-260
Ethics and Ethnography in Neonatal Intensive Care....Pages 261-272
Back Matter....Pages 273-297