Bioethics at the movies

By Sandra Shapshay

Subjects: Bioethical Issues, Motion Pictures, Medical ethics, Miscellanea, Motion Pictures as Topic, Motion pictures

Description: Bioethics explores the ways in which popular films engage basic bioethical concepts and concerns. Twenty-one philosophically grounded essays use cinematic tools such as character and plot development, scene setting, and narrative framing to demonstrate a range of principles and topics in contemporary medical ethics. Structured to mirror bioethics and cinema classes, this innovative work includes end-of-chapter questions for further consideration and contributions from scholars from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Israel, Spain, and Australia.