Bioethics and Medical Issues in Literature

by Mahala Yates Stripling

Overview

Bioethical and medical issues are among the most important concerns facing society today. Yet many of these contemporary debates have been anticipated and addressed in literary works. Designed to meet the needs of high school students, as well as college students or those in the health care field, this reference defines and situates major bioethical and medical issues in accessible literature ranging from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1818) to Margaret Edson's Wit (1999). Included are discussions of such topics as cloning, bioterrorism, organ transplants, genetics, obesity and heart disease, AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases, and civil rights. Chapters are devoted to broad categories, with each chapter discussing two major literary works.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313061653
Publisher:	ABC-CLIO, Incorporated
Publication date:	04/30/2005
Series:	Exploring Social Issues through Literature
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	415 KB

About the Author

MAHALA YATES STRIPLING is an independent scholar who lectures widely at such places as Yale Medical School and the University of Texas Medical Branch, and who publishes extensively in medical humanities journals. Her work has appeared in The Journal of Medical Humanities, Medical Humanities Review, Studies in Psychoanalytic Theory, and other publications.

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