Global bioethics and human rights : contemporary issues / edited by Wanda Teays, John-Stewart Gordon, and Alison Dundes Renteln.
Teays, Wanda, editor.
2014
QH332 .G562 2014eb
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Title Global bioethics and human rights : contemporary issues / edited by Wanda Teays, John-Stewart Gordon, and Alison Dundes Renteln.
ISBN 9781442232150 (electronic book)
9781442232136
Published Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.
Copyright ©2014
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xi, 443 pages)
Call Number QH332 .G562 2014eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 174.2
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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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 / Roesmarie 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.

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