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A correction has been published: N Engl J Med 2008;358(13):1407.

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Volume 358:206-207 January 10, 2008 Number 2

African American Bioethics: Culture, Race, and Identity

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 by Clair, J. M.
Edited by Lawrence Prograis, Jr., and Edmund D. Pellegrino. 169 pp. Washington, DC, Georgetown University Press, 2007. $44.95 (cloth); $26.95 (paper). ISBN 978-1-58901-163-2 (cloth); 978-1-58901-164-9 (paper).

In this collection of essays, the contributions are written by practitioners, researchers, and theorists. Each was challenged to provide his or her "epistemic stance" and "internal perspective" in answering the question, "Is there a distinctive African-American cultural perspective on bioethics?" This topic is not new — the current book arose from an attempt that was made 16 years ago to lay an empirical foundation for African-American bioethics through a conference and book entitled African-American Perspectives on Biomedical Ethics (H.E. Flack and E.D. Pellegrino, eds. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 1992). The dialogue is continued here in an attempt to determine . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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