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2019., Harvard University Press Call No: 576.5 B358a Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: With the advent of CRISPR gene-editing technology, designer babies have become a reality. Françoise Baylis insists that scientists alone cannot decide the terms of this new era in human evolution. Members of the public, with diverse interests and perspectives, must have a role in determining our future as a species.--
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2014., McGill-Queen's University Press Call No: QWF 610.985 J86b Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services studies in the history of medicine, health, and society Volume: 41.Summary Note: In this groundbreaking study on the intersection of race, science, and politics in colonial Latin American, José Jouve Martín explores the reasons why the city of Lima, in the decades that preceded the wars of independence in Peru, became dependent on a large number of bloodletters, surgeons, and doctors of African descent.
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-- Enlightened.2010., Adult, 300, Home Box Office Call No: DVD Fic Enlightened 1 Edition: Widescreen ed. . Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Enlightened follows the story of Amy Jellicoe (Laura Dern), a self-destructive executive, who, after the implosion of her professional life and a subsequent philosophical awakening in rehabilitation, tries to get her life back together.
![Enlightened, season one [DVD] (2010). The complete first season.](/Library/images/~imageCT102540.JPG "Enlightened, season one [DVD] (2010). The complete first season.")
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2016., Adult, Patrick Crean Editions, an imprint of HarperCollins Canada Call No: 179.7 M383g Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: We can't avoid death, but the prospect is a lot less terrifying since the Supreme Court of Canada legalized physician-assisted death. Competent adults, suffering grievously from intolerable medical conditions, will have the right to ask for a doctor's help in ending their lives. The challenge now is to pass legislation that reflects this landmark decision and develop regulations that reconcile the Charter rights of both doctors and patients. If we get the balance right between compassion for the suffering and protection of the vulnerable, between individual choice and social responsibility, we can set an example for the world. In taking on our ultimate human right, journalist Sandra Martin charts the history of the right to die movement here and abroad through the personal stories of brave campaigners like Sue Rodriguez, Brittany Maynard and Gloria Taylor. The evidence from permissive jurisdictions such as the Netherlands, Oregon, California, Switzerland and Quebec and the author's own intellectual and emotional journey through the tangled legal, medical, religious and political documentation concerning terminal sedation, slippery slopes, and the sanctity of life. A Good Death confronts our fears about dying, our struggle for meaning, and our dread of being trapped by voracious medical technology in a nightmare world that has abandoned caring in pursuit of curing, no matter the cost or the suffering to patients and their families. A Good Death asks the tough question: How do we want to die?.
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2016., Adult, Home Box Office Call No: DVD Fic Knick 2 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: The Knick Volume: 2Summary Note: "CINEMAX PRESENTS Season 2 of the Emmy-winning drama, directed by Oscar-winner Steven Soderbergh and starring Oscar-nominee Clive Owen as John Thackery, a brilliant but drug-addled surgeon who pushes the boundaries of medicine, morality and race in 1900s New York. Thackery's absence (hospitalized for cocaine addiction), a lack of affluent patients and financial missteps have led to a decision by the hospital's board to shutter the downtown location and move uptown. Algernon Edwards (André Holland) jockeys to become Thackery's successor as Chief of Surgery, while fellow doctors, nurses, nuns and others grapple with personal and professional challenges."--Container.
![The Knick, season 2 [DVD] (2015). The complete second season.](/Library/images/cover/noimage.png "The Knick, season 2 [DVD] (2015). The complete second season.")
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-- Normal :2022., Adult, Alfred A. Knopf Canada Call No: NEW 306.4 M425m Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A groundbreaking investigation into the causes of illness, a bracing critique of how our society breeds disease, and a pathway to health and healing. .
