John A. Lynch - The Origins of Bioethics: Remembering When Medicine Went Wrong

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The Origins of Bioethics: Remembering When Medicine Went Wrong, John A. Lynch

Copyright 2019 by John A. Lynch

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Martin J. Medhurst, Baylor University

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Denise M. Bostdorff, College of Wooster
G. Thomas Goodnight, University of Southern California
Robert Hariman, Northwestern University
David Henry, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Robert L. Ivie, Indiana University
John M. Murphy, University of Illinois
Shawn J. Parry-Giles, University of Maryland
Angela G. Ray, Northwestern University
Paul Stob, Vanderbilt University
Mary E. Stuckey, Penn State University
Kirt H. Wilson, Penn State University
David Zarefsky, Northwestern University

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available
Names: Lynch, John (John Alexander), 1976 author.
Title: The origins of bioethics : remembering when medicine went wrong / John A. Lynch.
Description: East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2019]
| Series: Rhetoric and public affairs series | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018059493| ISBN 9781611863413 (pbk. : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781609176174 (PDF) | ISBN 9781628953800 (ePub) | ISBN 9781628963816 (Kindle)
Subjects: LCSH: Human experimentation in medicineMoral and ethical aspectsUnited StatesHistory. | Human experimentation in medicineUnited StatesCase studies. | Medical ethicsUnited StatesHistory. | Collective memoryMoral and ethical aspectsUnited StatesHistory. | MemorializationMoral and ethical aspectsUnited StatesHistory.
Classification: LCC R853.H8 L96 2019 | DDC 174.2/8dc23