Description: 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.
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EAN: 9781538188590
UPC: 9781538188590
ISBN: 9781538188590
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Format: Hardback, 376 pages, 3rd Edition
Author: Wanda Teays
Book Title: Bioethics and Human Rights: Contemporary Issues at
Item Height: 2.4 cm
Item Length: 25.4 cm
Item Weight: 0.95 kg
Item Width: 17.8 cm
Language: Eng
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
