Chapter
The Dominion of Bioethics
Abstract
Abstract This chapter provides a case study of the relationships between bioethics and the project and pitfalls of nation-building, raising crucial questions about the influence of history, culture, and politics on the enterprise of bioethics. It focuses on Canadian bioethics, which is preoccupied with questions of national identity and unique cultural meaning. Anxiety over what defines a Canadian and what makes Canada unique as a nation is …
Authors
Frolic A; Coughlin MD; Keating B
Book title
Bioethics Around the Globe
Pagination
pp. 191-215
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date
June 23, 2011
DOI
10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780195386097.003.0012