Bioethics and Medical Issues in Literature

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Mahala Yates Stripling

Book Code: GR2040

ISBN: 0-313-32040-3

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-32040-8

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256 pages, N/A

Greenwood Press

Publication: 4/30/2005

List Price: $51.95 (UK Sterling Price: £29.95)

Availability: In Stock

Media Type: Hardcover

Also Available: Ebook

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

Subjects:

Literature » Literature (General)
Science » Science (General)

Series Title: Exploring Social Issues through Literature

Reviews:

This resource for high school teachers and librarians describes ten accessible works of fiction that may be used to help students explore a number of contemporary issues in medicine and bioethics. The selections analyzed span two centuries, from Mary Shelley's romantic novel Frankensteinr (1818) to Margaret Edson's play, Wit (1999). Supplemental materials include a glossary, a list of recommended movies, and a chronology of key events in literature, medicine, and science.
—SciTech Book News March 2006

Advances in science have brought with them their own unique ethical and medical dilemmas, bringing the discipline of philosophy directly into the world of science. Students from high school to pre-med receive a well-rounded introduction to literary references to bioethical questions, from the beings created by technology to illness and end of life issues. Topics for oral or written discussion accompany synopses of plots.
—MBR Bookwatch July 2005

Worthwhile additions for schools with an integrated curriculum.

—School Library Journal August 2005

Description: Tremendous advances in science and technology have made bioethical and medical issues central to contemporary philosophical debates. Many of these modern concerns have been anticipated and addressed to varying degrees in numerous literary works. Designed to meet the needs of high school students and teachers, pre-med and other college students, as well as any one in or entering a health care profession, this reference, a valuable addition to academic and public libraries, discusses literature as a means of approaching medical and bioethical issues. Chapters look at such broad topics as technology's creature, illness and culture, and end of life issues, with each chapter offering a close examination of two major literary works. Included are discussions of such critical issues as:

Cloning

Bioterrorism

Organ Transplants

Genetics

AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Obesity and Heart Disease

Civil Rights

And others.
Literary works covered include:

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Nathaniel Hawthorne's Rappaccini's Daughter

Aldous Huxley's Brave New World

Robin Cook's Coma

Albert Camus' The Plague

David Feldshuh's Miss Evers' Boys

Ken Kesey's One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest

Alice Walker's Possessing the Secret of Joy

John Updike's Rabbit at Rest

And Margaret Edson's Wit.
Special features include a chronology of events in literature, medicine, and science; a glossary of literary, medical, and scientific terms; and lists of movies, Web sites, books and journals, and teaching methods.

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Chronology of Events in Literature, Medicine, and Science
Introduction
Technology's Creature
A Brave New World
Contagions and Isolations
Illness and Culture
End of Life: Disease and Death
Afterword
Glossary of Terms: Literary, Medical, and Scientific
Appendix A: Recommended Movies
Appendix B: Recommended Internet Sites
Appendix C: Recommended Journals and Books
Appendix D: Recommended Methods for Teaching
Index

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