Source Book in Bioethics: A Documentary History

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Compiled by three renowned ethics scholars, this book is a collection of documents in five areas: research involving human subjects, death and dying, human genetics, human reproductive technology, and changes in the healthcare system. Although the editors have written brief overviews for each of the five main topics, background information is limited so that readers will need to refer to longer encyclopedia articles or texts for the historical and philosophical circumstances surrounding these issues. The value of this compilation lies in its single-volume access to the original text contained in many significant bioethical documents. Rulings on Baby M and on Karen Quinlan, the Baby Doe Regulations, and the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act are among the 46 documents that are quoted in full or excerpted. The result is a wonderful complement to such reference sources as the Encyclopedia of Bioethics (LJ 7/95)?there is minimal overlap with this work's appendix?and the Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics (LJ 1/98). Recommended for any library with a concentration in ethics.?Tina Neville, Univ. of South Florida at St. Petersburg Lib.
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