Global Bioethics: Building on the Leopole Legacy - Couverture souple

Potter, Van Rensselaer

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0870132644 ISBN 13 : 9780870132643

Editeur : Michigan State University Press, 1988

Synopsis

Van Rensselaer Potter created and defined the term "bioethics" in 1970, to describe a new philosophy that sought to integrate biology, ecology, medicine, and human values. Bioethics is often linked to environmental ethics and stands in sharp contrast to biomedical ethics. Because of this confusion (and appropriation of the term in medicine), Potter chose to use the term "Global Bioethics" in 1988. Potter's definition of bioethics from Global Bioethics is, "Biology combined with diverse humanistic knowledge forging a science that sets a system of medical and environmental priorities for acceptable survival."

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Van Rensselaer Potter II (August 27, 1911 - September 6, 2001) was an American biochemist. He was Professor of Oncology at the McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research at the University of Wisconsin- Madison for more than 50 years.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Michigan State University Press
• Date d'édition: 1988
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0870132644
• ISBN 13: 9780870132643
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 219
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