Global Bioethics and Human Rights - Second Edition: Contemporary Perspectives - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 1538123754 ISBN 13: 9781538123751

Casa editrice: Rowman & Littlefield, 2020

Riassunto

The ethical issues we face in health care, 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 a diverse interdisciplinary and international team of bioethics experts into a comprehensive, innovative, and accessible resource.

Following a consideration of theoretical frameworks that inform a global bioethics, units on human rights, life and death, and public health form an in-depth look at contemporary issues in the field. Each unit includes cutting edge analyses and thought-provoking case studies, as well as discussion prompts. Topics range from torture and lethal injection to euthanasia, abortion, medical tourism, vulnerable human subjects, to health equity, vaccination programs, mental health, the ethics of surrogacy, and more.

The second edition includes new essays on
• bioethics and environmental ethics
• medical tourism
• torture and solitary confinement
• institutional review boards
• pediatric genomics
• the abortion debate
• the ethics of surrogacy
• issues in global health ethics
• revirgination surgery
• global mental health
• feminist perspectives on global aging
• ethical considerations for vaccination programs

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Informazioni sull?autore

Wanda Teays is a professor of philosophy at Mount Saint Mary’s University, Los Angeles

Alison Dundes Renteln is a professor of political science at the University of Southern California.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Rowman & Littlefield
• Data di pubblicazione: 2020
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1538123754
• ISBN 13: 9781538123751
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 366
• Redattore: Teays Wanda
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile