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This third edition collection provides a contemporary survey of current international issues in bioethics and human rights for study across social science disciplines. New chapters discuss the reproductive justice in the US, immigration politics and medical duty during pandemics, climate change implications for bioethics, acoustic weaponry technologies, and vaccine politics.
Following a consideration of theoretical frameworks, there three units on human rights, life and death, and public health form an in-depth look at contemporary issues in the field of bioethics. Each unit includes cutting edge analyses by international experts and thought-provoking case studies, as well as discussion and essay prompts, and Internet and film resources. Topics range from pediatric genomics, abortion (including the Dobbs decision, medical tourism, human experimentation, climate change, the Havana syndrome, the care of aging family members, truth-telling, vulnerable human subjects, health equity, healthcare in ICE detention facilities, solitary confinement, euthanasia, lethal injections and the harvesting of human organs, pandemic ethics, vaccine controversies, and more.
The new, updated, and retained chapters make this book an appealing resource as a primary text, scholarly reference book, or a course supplement.
Contents
*New or updated in this edition
*Introduction
PART I: Theoretical Perspectives
1. A Global Ethical Framework for Bioethics, Bernard Gert
2. The Compatibility of Universal Morality, Particular Moralities, and Multiculturalism, Tom L. Beauchamp
3. Culture and Ethical Aspects of Truth-Telling in a Value Pluralistic Society, Ilhan Ilkilic
4. Lost in Translation, Søren Holm
*5. Issues in Global Health Ethics, Udo Schüklenk
*6. Rights of Persons with Disabilities from a Global Perspective, Akiko Ito
*Internet Resources
*Discussion Topics
PART II: Human Rights
7. Bioethics and Human Rights: A Historical Perspective, Robert Baker
8. Medical Tourism: Justice, Autonomy, and Power, Virginia L. Warren
*9. Solitary Confinement, Wanda Teays
*10. Compensation for Research Related Injury For A Typically Ignored Social Harm, Peter F. Omonzejele
11. Ethics of Aboriginal Research, Marlene Brant Castellano
12. The Human Rights Dimensions of Virginity Restoration Surgery, Alison Dundes Renteln
*Internet Resources
*Discussion Topics
PART III: Life and Death
13. Pediatrics Genomics: Current Dilemmas and a Messy Future, Maya Sabatello
*14. The Abortion Debate in the 21st Century and Substantive Due Process, Michael Boylan
*15. The Future of Reproductive Justice in the United States After Dobbs, Kimberly Mutcherson
16. Euthanasia Could be a Medical Duty, Carlos Verdugo Serna
17. Is There a Global Bioethics? End of Life in Thailand and the Case for Local Difference, Scott Stonington and Pinit Ratanakul
18. Confucianism and Killing versus Letting Die, Cecilia Wee
19. Global versus Local: The Use of Lethal Injection in China, Cher Weixia Chen
* Internet Resources
*Discussion Topics
PART IV: Public Health
20. A Bioethics for Global Mental Health, Zenon Culverhouse
21. Long-Term Care for Elderly People Globally: A Feminist Perspective, Rosemarie Tong
*22. Reconsidering Acoustic Attacks, Alison Dundes Renteln
*23. Climate Change and Bioethics, Peter Tagore Tan
*24. Immigration Detention and the Right to Health Care in Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Rita Manning
*25. Ethics in a Pandemic: A Rights-Centered Foundation, Edward H. Spence
*26. Is There a Duty to Treat in a Pandemic?, Wanda Teays
*27. Vaccine Nationalism and Equity: Bioethical Considerations, Bradley P. Stoner
*Internet Resources
*Discussion Topics
APPENDICES
*Appendix A. Essay Questions
*Appendix B. Case Analysis Topics
*Appendix C. Bioethics in Film
Index
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