Bioethics and Health Policy - The Johns Hopkins University Press
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<strong>Bioethics</strong><br />
Preventive Strikes<br />
Women, Precancer, <strong>and</strong> Prophylactic Surgery<br />
Ilana Löwy<br />
Some women will never develop breast or ovarian cancer, but they<br />
nevertheless must decide, as a result of genetic testing, whether to<br />
have their breasts <strong>and</strong> ovaries removed to avoid the possibility of disease.<br />
<strong>The</strong> striking contrast between the sophistication of diagnosis<br />
<strong>and</strong> the crudeness of preventive surgery forms the basis of Löwy’s<br />
important study.<br />
2009 344 pp., 11 b&w illustrations<br />
978-0-8018-9364-3 $50.00 hardcover<br />
Personal Identity <strong>and</strong> Fractured Selves<br />
Perspectives from Philosophy, Ethics, <strong>and</strong> Neuroscience<br />
edited by Debra J. H. Mathews, Ph.D., M.A., Hilary Bok, Ph.D.,<br />
<strong>and</strong> Peter V. Rabins, M.D., M.P.H.<br />
This book brings together some of the best minds in neurology <strong>and</strong><br />
philosophy to discuss the concept of personal identity <strong>and</strong> the moral<br />
dimensions of treating brain disease <strong>and</strong> injury. <strong>The</strong> contributors engage<br />
a crucial question: When an individual’s personality changes radically<br />
because of disease or injury, should this changed individual be<br />
treated as the same person<br />
2009 216 pp.<br />
978-0-8018-9338-4 $55.00 hardcover<br />
Performance-Enhancing Technologies in Sports<br />
Ethical, Conceptual, <strong>and</strong> Scientific Issues<br />
edited by Thomas H. Murray, Karen J. Maschke,<br />
<strong>and</strong> Angela A. Wasunna<br />
Experts in bioethics, sports science, law, philosophy, <strong>and</strong> sport examine<br />
the history of doping, the ethical implications of performance enhancement,<br />
<strong>and</strong> related public policy concerns.<br />
2009 304 pp., 1 halftone, 2 line drawings<br />
978-0-8018-9361-2 $50.00 hardcover<br />
Bodies in Doubt<br />
An American History of Intersex<br />
Elizabeth Reis<br />
Researching the medical <strong>and</strong> popular literature referring to cases on<br />
intersexuality or hermaphroditism, Reis explores American concepts<br />
of sexuality <strong>and</strong> gender identity from the colonial period to the late<br />
twentieth century.<br />
2009 240 pp., 15 halftones<br />
978-0-8018-9155-7 $55.00 hardcover<br />
Unspeakable<br />
Father-Daughter Incest in American History<br />
Lynn Sacco<br />
This history of father-daughter incest in the United States explains<br />
how cultural mores <strong>and</strong> political needs distorted attitudes toward <strong>and</strong><br />
medical knowledge of patriarchal sexual abuse at a time when the<br />
nation was committed to the familial power of white fathers <strong>and</strong> the<br />
idealized white family.<br />
2009 368 pp.<br />
978-0-8018-9300-1 $50.00 hardcover<br />
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