| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 401 pages) |
| Series |
International library of ethics, law, and the new medicine ; v. 36 |
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International library of ethics, law, and the new medicine ; v. 36.
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| Contents |
Evolving bioethics and international human rights / David C. Thomasma -- Dignity, rights, health care, and human flourishing / David P. Sulmasy -- Human rights : the ethics of globalization / Guillermo Díaz Pintos -- Human rights and the right to health care / Amnon Goldworth -- Religion, international human rights and women's health : synthesizing principles and politics / David E. Guinn -- The limitations and accomplishments of autonomy as a basic principle in bioethics and biolaw / Jacob D. Rendtorff -- Person and human being in bioethics and biolaw / Laura Palazzani -- Welfare rights and health care / Juan Ramón de Páramo Argüelles -- Autonomy and the rights of minors / Wayne Vaught -- Domestic violence / George P. Palermo -- Balancing autonomy and traditional values in treating terminally ill patients : towards locating the right questions for Japan / David N. Weisstub -- Culture, community or rights / Terry Carney -- Bioethics between nature and culture / Ana marta González -- Medical practice as the primary context for medical ethics / Henk Jochemsen -- Euthanasia and multiculturalism / Andrés Ollero -- International law and genetic counseling / Carlos M. Romeo-Casabona -- International perspective on organ donation / Elisa J. Gordon -- Justice in the distribution of transplant organs / Rosamond Rhodes -- Human cloning and human dignity / Ángela Aparisi Miralles and José López Guzmán -- Accessing health care resources : economic, medical, ethical and socio-legal challenges / George P. Smith, II -- Mental health rights : the relation between constitution and bioethics / Julio Arboleda-Flórez and David N. Weisstub -- The "vulnerability" quagmire in international research / Judith Kissell -- Human rights, health care and biomedical innovation : confronting the research imperative / George F. Tomossy -- The rights to die and the duty to save : a reflection on ethical presuppositions in suicide research / Brian Mishara and David N. Weisstub / The right to bodily security vis-á-vis the needs of others / Austen Garwood-Gowers |
| Summary |
Autonomy and Human Rights in Healthcare: An International Perspective is a group of essays published in memory of David Thomasma, one of the leading humanists in the field of bioethics during the twentieth century. A pioneer in the field of multidisciplinary research, having integrated major theological and philosophical traditions in the west with modern science, Thomasma was a role model to the authors who have devoted essays to his major avenues of inquiry. The authors represent many different countries and disciplines throughout the globe. The volume deals with the pressing issue of how to |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| In |
Springer eBooks |
| Subject |
Human rights -- Health aspects
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Right to health.
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Bioethics.
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Human rights.
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Cultural pluralism.
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Ethics.
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Bioethics
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Human Rights
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Cultural Diversity
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Internationality
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Personal Autonomy
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Bioethical Issues
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Ethics
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ethics (philosophy)
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MEDICAL -- Ethics.
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Sciences humaines.
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Sciences sociales.
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Human rights
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Cultural pluralism
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Bioethics
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Human rights -- Health aspects
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Right to health
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Human rights.
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Health.
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Human dignity.
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Self-determination.
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Biotechnology.
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Minorities.
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Ethics.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Weisstub, David N., 1944-
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Díaz Pintos, Guillermo.
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| ISBN |
9781402058417 |
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1402058411 |
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1402058403 |
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9781402058400 |
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