| Description |
xi, 443 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Pt. I: Theoretical perspectives -- Introduction to Part I: Theoretical perspectives / John-Stewart Gordon -- A global ethical framework for bioethics / Bernard Gert -- The compatibility of universal morality, particular moralities, and multiculturalism / Tom L. Beauchamp -- Lost in translation: can we have a global bioethics without a global moral language? / S²ren Holm -- Is there a global bioethics? End of life in Thailand and the case for local difference / Scott Stonington and Pinit Ratanakul -- Discussion topics: Part I / Wanda Teays -- Pt. II: Human rights -- Introduction to Part II: Human rights / John-Stewart Gordon -- Human dignity, human rights, and global bioethics / John-Stewart Gordon -- Bioethics and human rights: a historical perspective / Robert Baker -- Rights of persons with disabilities from a global perspective / Akiko Ito -- Case 1: human rights ; Torturous deeds: crossing moral boundaries / Wanda Teays -- Case 2: immigration detention (ICE) ; Immigration detention and the right to health care / Rita Manning -- Case 3: lethal injection and harvesting organs ; Global versus local: the use of lethal injection in China / Cher Weisia Chen -- Case 4: reproductive freedom ; Ethics, human rights, and sexual/reproductive health in Africa: exploratory sociocultural considerations / Godfrey B. Tangwa -- Discussion topics: Part II / Wanda Teays -- Pt. III: Culture -- Introduction to Part III: Culture / Alison Dundes Renteln -- Culture and ethical aspects of truth-telling in a value pluralistic society / llahn Ilkiliðc -- Controlled parenthood: bioethics and the notion of the family / Maya Sabatello -- Cutting-edge debates: a cross-cultural consideration of surgery / Alison Dundes Renteln -- Case 1: sex selection ; Sex determination and sex pre-selection tests in India / Vibhuti Patel -- Case 2: euthanasia ; Confucianism and killing versus letting die / Cecilia Wee -- Case 3: informed consent ; Understanding the concept of vulnerability from a Western Africa perspective / Peter F. Omonzejele -- Case 4: research on aboriginal people; Ethics of aboriginal research / Marlene Brant Castellano -- Discussion topics: Part III / Wanda Teays -- Pt. IV: Public health -- Introduction to Part IV: Public health / Wanda Teays -- Issues in global health ethics / Udo Schèuklenk and Darragh Hare -- Global health justice: a perspective from the global South on a framework convention on global health / Lawrence O. Gostin and Ames Dhai -- A virtuous reading of health equity under the Affordable Care Act / Peter Tan -- Case 1: global aging; Global perspective on long-term care for the elderly / Rosemarie Tong -- Case 2: public safety and medical risks; Safety and public health: evaluating acceptable risk / Michael Boylan -- Case 3: environment disasters; Toward green bioethics and health rights: lessons from Bhopal and Fukushima / Sanghamitra Padhy -- Discussion topics: Part IV / Wanda Teays. |
| Summary |
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, John-Stewart Gordon, 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. -- Provided by publisher. |
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Bioethics.
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Human rights.
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Bioethics. (OCoLC)fst00832038
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Human rights. (OCoLC)fst00963285
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| Added Author |
Teays, Wanda, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781442232136 (cloth: alkaline paper) |
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1442232137 (cloth: alkaline paper) |
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9781442232143 (paperback : alkaline paper) |
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1442232145 (paperback : alkaline paper) |
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9781442232150 (electronic) |
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