Vulnerability : challenging bioethics

Have, H. ten (author.).

Record details

ISBN: 9781138652675
ISBN: 9781138652668
ISBN: 1138652660
ISBN: 1138652679
ISBN: 9781315624068
Physical Description: print
xi, 252 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016.
Copyright: ©2016

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-244) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The idea of vulnerability -- Growing interest in vulnerability -- Vulnerability in the context of health care and bioethics -- The bioethical discourse of vulnerability -- We are all vulnerable : philosophical perspectives on vulnerability -- Some of us are more vulnerable : political perspectives on vulnerability -- Vulnerability is everywhere : globalization and vulnerability -- Theoretical implications of vulnerability -- Practical applications of vulnerability.