Global Bioethics and Human Rights

Contemporary Perspectives

Wanda Teays editor Alison Dundes Renteln editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Rowman & Littlefield

Published:6th Feb '20

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Global Bioethics and Human Rights cover

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

ISBN: 9781538123744

Dimensions: 258mm x 185mm x 28mm

Weight: 984g

366 pages

Second Edition