The Nature and Prospect of Bioethics: Interdisciplinary Perspectives.

• Position: Book Review

Totowa, New Jersey: Humana Press, 2003; www.humanapress.com.

As a field of study only thirty-five years old, bioethics lacks definition about what it is, what it does, what its value may be, and how one prepares to engage the discipline. In this work, prominent bioethicists, whose work is rooted in philosophy, religion, medicine, nursing, literature, history, and policy analysis, join together to discuss their methods and professional insights, as well as to better define the field and its future development. Writing from the perspective of their own specialities, the contributors review how their personal disciplines have contributed to bioethics, debate the current and future bioethical issues they face, and identify...