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Global bioethics and human rights : contemporary issues / edited by Wanda Teays, John-Stewart Gordon, and Alison Dundes Renteln.

Contributor(s): Teays, Wanda [editor.] | Gordon, John-Stewart, 1976- [editor.] | Renteln, Alison Dundes [editor.]
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: xi, 443 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781442232143; 1442232145Subject(s): Bioethics | Human rightsDDC classification: 174.2 LOC classification: QH332 | .G5626 2014Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
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? / Søren 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 -- 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 --
Culture -- Introduction to Part III: Culture / Alison Dundes Renteln -- Culture and ethical aspects of truth-telling in a value pluralistic society / llahn Ilkiliç -- 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 -- Public health -- Introduction to Part IV: Public health / Wanda Teays -- Issues in global health ethics / Udo Schüklenk 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 / Rosemarie 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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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? / Søren 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 Ilkiliç -- 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 Schüklenk 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 / Rosemarie 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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