PHI 2396 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: In Vitro Fertilisation, Cardiopulmonary Bypass, Chronic Kidney Disease
10 Jul 2017
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The emergent patient consciousness: the book our bodes, our selves written by a group of women doctors was one of the. Chapter 3: the birth of bioethics most influential books in the modern era of medicine. It covered a variety of topics including women"s experience in medicine and personal health, the medicalization of women"s bodies, along with the political economics of health and pharmaceutical industries. It was meant to empower women: their demand for equality and independence helped sparked similar movements in healthcare by other disenfranchised groups like black americans -> shaping modern bioethics. The new frontier of medicine: the new bioethics found its urgency in the midst of advances in medical sciences. Post world war ii: many leaders in the field of medicine were making key breakthroughs but along with the new technologies, treatments and research came more questions were raised regarding professional conduct and social policy.
