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Van Rensselaer Potter created and defined the term ""bioethics"" in 1970, to describe a new philosophy that sought to integrate biology, ecology, medicine, and human values. Bioethics is often linked to environmental ethics and stands in sharp contrast to biomedical ethics. Because of this confusion (and appropriation of the term in medicine), Potter chose to use the term ""Global Bioethics"" in 1988. Potter's definition of bioethics from Global Bioethics is, ""Biology combined with diverse humanistic knowledge forging a science that sets a system of medical and environmental priorities for acceptable survival.""

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Author:   Van Rensselaer Potter
Publisher:   Michigan State University Press
Imprint:   Michigan State University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.254kg
ISBN:  

9780870132643

ISBN 10:   0870132644
Pages:   219
Publication Date:   31 January 1988
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  General
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

CONTENTS FOREWORD PREFACE INTRODUCTION Knowledge of Adaptation is Needed for Wisdom 1 THE LEOPOLD LEGACY New Perspectives on the Leopold Legacy Aldo Leopold's Neglected Legacy A Leopold Primer 2 HUMAN SURVIVAL The Cancer Analogy Earth as Organism The Issue of Survival Survival Cannot Be Assumed The Meaning of Survival Kinds of Survival 3 DILEMMAS IN ECOLOGICAL BIOETHICS From Knowledge to Wisdom The Dollar Dilemma 4 TWO KINDS OF BIOETHICS The Matter of Nomenclature Teaching Ethics in Higher Education Ethics in a New Phase Global Bioethics and the Feminine Viewpoint 5 DILEMMAS IN MEDICAL BIOETHICS Teenage Pregnancy Handicapped Newborns Organ Transplantation Euthanasia The Secular Vision 6 THE CONTROL OF HUMAN FERTILITY Two Kinds of People The San Antonio Connection Clinical Applications: Infertility Nonsurgical Methods of Contraception Contraceptive Research Pregnancy Termination Planned Intervention in Population Change Fertility-Regulating Methods Social & Religious Correlates of Fertility 7 GLOBAL BIOETHICS DEFINED Human Health as the Global Bioethic Medical Bioethics in Perspective Ecological Bioethics in Perspective Appendix 1 THE LEOPOLD HERITAGE The Leopold Family Heritage The Leopold Intellectual Heritage Appendix 2 A BIOETHICAL CREED FOR INDIVIDUALS INDEX

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Van Rensselaer Potter II was an American biochemist. He was Professor of Oncology at the McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research at the University of Wisconsin- Madison for more than 50 years.

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