Global Bioethics and Human Rights: Contemporary Perspectives by Wanda Teays (Eng

Description: Global Bioethics and Human Rights by Wanda Teays, Alison Dundes Renteln 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. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description 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 onGender identity and reassignmentInfectious diseases, vaccines and anti-vaccine campaignsStem cell harvesting and usageImmigrant/refugee quarantineBioterror and chemical weaponsMedical tourismXenotransplantation and bionic body partsFood and agriculture regulation and GMOs Author Biography Wanda Teays is a professor and Chair of the Philosophy Department at Mount St. Marys College. Alison Dundes Renteln is a professor of Political Science at the University of Southern California. Table of Contents PART ONE: Theoretical Perspectives1.. 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. SØren Holm, "Lost in Translation: Can We have a Global Bioethics Without a Global Moral Language?"Discussion TopicsPART TWO: Human Rights1. 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 TopicsPART THREE: Life and Death1. 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 TopicsPART FOUR: Public Health1. Udo SchÜklenk, "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 TopicsADDITIONAL RESOURCES1. Alison Dundes Renteln, "Essay Questions"2. Wanda Teays, "Case Analysis Topics"3. Bioethics in Film Review Combine authors from a Whos Who list in ethics with global issues that interest us all and you achieve this book. Well done!Highly recommended.This important collection takes a wide range of key ethical issues in global health and examines them in the context of human rights theory and practice. It could not be more useful or more timely. Long Description 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 Review Text This important collection takes a wide range of key ethical issues in global health and examines them in the context of human rights theory and practice. It could not be more useful or more timely. Details ISBN1538123754 Publisher Rowman & Littlefield Year 2020 ISBN-10 1538123754 ISBN-13 9781538123751 Edition 2nd Format Paperback Place of Publication Lanham, MD Country of Publication United States Edited by Alison Dundes Renteln DEWEY 174.2 Subtitle Contemporary Perspectives Pages 366 Short Title Global Bioethics and Human Rights Language English Publication Date 2020-02-06 UK Release Date 2020-02-06 Imprint Rowman & Littlefield NZ Release Date 2020-02-06 US Release Date 2020-02-06 Author Alison Dundes Renteln Edition Description Second Edition Audience Tertiary & Higher Education AU Release Date 2020-02-14 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:126746794;

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