Global bioethics and human rights : contemporary perspectives

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Global bioethics and human rights : contemporary perspectives

edited by Wanda Teays and Alison Dundes Renteln

Rowman & Littlefield, c2020

2nd ed

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Includes bibliographical references

Summary: "The ethical issues we face in healthcare, justice, and human rights extend beyond national boundaries-they are global and cross-cultural in scope. The second edition of this interdisciplinary and international collection features new essays on gender identity, vaccines, stem cells, bioterror, and other pressing contemporary concerns"-- Provided by publisher

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内容説明

The ethical issues we face in healthcare, justice, and human rights extend beyond national boundaries-they are global and cross-cultural in scope. Editors Wanda Teays and Alison Dundes Renteln have assembled the works of an interdisciplinary, international team of experts in bioethics into a comprehensive, innovative and accessible book. It opens with theoretical frameworks that inform a global bioethics, followed by three units for an in-depth look at contemporary issues in the field. These are human rights, culture, and public health-with each unit including theoretical discussions and lively case studies. Topics range from torture and lethal injection to euthanasia, sex selection, vulnerable human subjects, to health equity, safety and public health, and environmental disasters like Bhopal, Fukushima, and more. The second edition includes new essays on Gender identity and reassignment Infectious diseases, vaccines and anti-vaccine campaigns Stem cell harvesting and usage Immigrant/refugee quarantine Bioterror and chemical weapons Medical tourism Xenotransplantation and bionic body parts Food and agriculture regulation and GMOs

目次

PART ONE: Theoretical Perspectives 1.. Bernard Gert, "A Global Ethical Framework for Bioethics" 2. Tom L. Beauchamp, "The Compatibility of Universal Morality and Multiculturalism" 3. Robert Baker, "Response to Gert and Beauchamp" 4. Ilhan Ilkilic, "Culture and Ethical Aspects of Truth-Telling in a Value Pluralistic Society" 5. Peter Tagore Tan, "Bioethics as Environmental Ethics: Ontogeny Recapitulates Environment" 6. Soren Holm, "Lost in Translation: Can We have a Global Bioethics Without a Global Moral Language?" Discussion Topics PART TWO: Human Rights 1. Robert Baker, "Bioethics and Human Rights: A Historical Perspective" 2. Wanda Teays, "Boundaries of Torture" 3. Akiko Ito, "Bioethics and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities" 4. Virginia L. Warren, "Medical Tourism: Justice, Autonomy and Power" 5. Alison Dundes Renteln, "Impact and Influence of the Institutional Review Board: Protecting the Rights of Human Subjects in Scientific Experiments" 6. Peter F. Omonzejele, "Understanding The Concept Of Vulnerability From A Western Africa Perspective" 7. Marlene Brant Castellano, "Ethics of Aboriginal Research" Discussion Topics PART THREE: Life and Death 1. Maya Sabatello, "Pediatrics Genomics: Current Dilemmas and a Messy Future" 2. Michael Boylan, "The Abortion Debate in the 21st Century" 3. Sharmin Islam, Rusli Bin Nordin, Ab Rani Bin Shamsuddin, Hanapi Bin Mohd Nor, and Abu Kholdun Al-Mahmood, "Ethics of Surrogacy: A Comparative Study of Western Secular and Islamic Bioethics." 4. Carlos Verdugo Serna, "Euthanasia Could be a Medical Duty" 5. Scott Stonington and Pinit Ratanakul, "Is There a Global Bioethics? End of Life in Thailand and the Case for Local Difference" 6. Cecilia Wee, "Confucianism and Killing vs. Letting Die" 7. Cher Weixia Chen, "Global v. Local: The Use of Lethal Injection in China" Discussion Topics PART FOUR: Public Health 1. Udo Schuklenk, "Issues in Global Health Ethics" 2. Zenon Culverhouse, "A Bioethics for Global Mental Health" 3. Rosemarie Tong, "Long-Term Care for Elderly People Globally: A Feminist Perspective" 4. Alison Dundes Renteln, "The Human Rights Dimensions of Virginity Restoration Surgery" 5. Rita Manning, "Immigration Detention and the Right to Health Care" 6. Wanda Teays, "Solitary Confinement" 7. Keymanthri Moodley, Kate Hardie, Michael J. Selgelid, Ronald J. Waldman, Peter Strebel, Helen Rees and David N. Durrheim, "Ethical Considerations for Vaccination Programmes In Acute Humanitarian Crises" Discussion Topics ADDITIONAL RESOURCES 1. Alison Dundes Renteln, "Essay Questions" 2. Wanda Teays, "Case Analysis Topics" 3. Bioethics in Film

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BC04933667
  • ISBN
    • 9781538123744
  • LCCN
    2019048497
  • 出版国コード
    us
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    Lanham
  • ページ数/冊数
    vii, 358 p.
  • 大きさ
    26 cm
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