The Politics of Biomedical Technology.

Blank, Robert H.

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ERIC Number: EJ257180

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1981

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The Politics of Biomedical Technology.

Blank, Robert H.

Teaching Political Science, v9 n1 p47-48 Fall 1981

Describes a college course designed to explicate the political dimensions of biomedical issues now emerging in American society. The course combines a rigorous overview of the technologies and the accompanying value changes which are producing these issues with a discussion of the problems being raised. (RM)

Descriptors: Biomedicine, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Course Descriptions, Government Role, Higher Education, Political Issues, Political Science, Social Change, Social Values, Technology

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Reports - Descriptive

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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