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Johns Hopkins University Press, Date: 2009. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 2009. Johns Hopkins University Press ISBN 0801890772 9780801890772 [US]
Johns Hopkins University Press 2008 Hardcover Good Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Johns Hopkins University Press 2008 Hard cover New D. Editor(s): Shapshay, Sandra. Num Pages: 400 pages, 5, 4 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: APFA; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 658. 2009. Hardback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
ISBN10: 0801890772, ISBN13: 9780801890772, [publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press] Hardcover D. Editor(s): Shapshay, Sandra. Num Pages: 400 pages, 5, 4 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: APFA; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 658. . 2009. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. [Olney, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2009]
ISBN10: 0801890772, ISBN13: 9780801890772, [publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD] Hardcover Hardcover. Bioethics at the Movies explores the ways in which popular films engage basic bioethical concepts and concerns. Twenty-one philosophically grounded essays use cinematic tools such as character and plot development, scene setting, and narrative framing to demonstrate a range of principles and topics in contemporary medical ethics. The first two sections plumb popular and bioethical thought on birth, abortion, genetic selection, and personhood through several films, including The Cider House Rules, Citizen Ruth, Gattaca, and I, Robot. In the third section, the contributors examine medical practice and troubling questions about the quality and commodification of life by way of Dirty Pretty Things, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and other movies. The fourth section's essays use Million Dollar Baby, Critical Care, Big Fish, and Soylent Green to show how the medical profession and society at large view issues related to aging, dying, and death.A final section makes use of Extreme Measures and select films from Spain and Japan to discuss two foundational matters in bioethics: the role of theories and principles in medicine and the importance of cultural context in devising care. Structured to mirror bioethics and cinema classes, this innovative work includes end-of-chapter questions for further consideration and contributions from scholars ...
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