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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 />

4 THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS www.press.jhu.edu

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