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Bioethics and Medical Issues in Literature

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Mahala Yates Stripling
2013
Published by: University of California Health Humanities Press
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Many of the bioethical and medical issues challenging society today have been anticipated and addressed in literature ranging from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Albert Camus’s The Plague, to Margaret Edson's Wit. The ten works of fiction explored in this book stimulate lively dialogue on topics like bioterrorism, cloning, organ transplants, obesity and heart disease, sexually transmitted diseases, and civil and human rights. This interdisciplinary and multicultural approach introducing literature across the curricula helps students master medical and bioethical concepts brought about by advances in science and technology, bringing philosophy into the world of science

Table of Contents

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Half Title Page, Publication Information, Title Page, Copyright

pp. i-iv

Table of Contents

pp. v-vi

Preface

pp. vii-viii

Chronology of Events

pp. ix-xviii

Chapter 1: Technology’s Creature: An Analysis of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Rappaccini’s Daughter”

pp. 1-23

Chapter 2: A Brave New World: An Analysis of Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and Robin Cook’s Coma

pp. 24-46

Chapter 3: Contagions/Isolations: An Analysis of Albert Camus’ The Plague and David Feldshuh’s Miss Evers’ Boys

pp. 47-71

Chapter 4: Illness and Culture: An Analysis of Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Alice Walker’s Possessing the Secret of Joy

pp. 72-100

Chapter 5: End of Life—Disease and Death: An Analysis of John Updike’s Rabbit at Rest and Margaret Edson’s Wit

pp. 101-126

Glossary of Terms

pp. 127-147

Index

pp. 148-156
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