Worst Case Bioethics

Death, Disaster, and Public Health

George J. Annas (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

360 Seiten

2011
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-984071-7 (ISBN)

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In Worst Case Bioethics, George Annas employs contemporary disputes involving death and disaster to explore the radical changes underway in public health practice, the application of constitutional law to medicine, and human rights discourse to promote human health and wellbeing.

"Carefully reasoned, clearly articulated, and pulls no punches...Boldly tackles the most contentious issues in bioethics and public policy....Worst Case Bioethics is certain to provoke strong responses across disciplines and ideologies on issues of great importance."- Mark Rothstein, Journal of Legal Medicine

"Annas persuasively argues in Worst Case Bioethics that basing policy on extreme nightmare possibilities leads to a distortion of fundamental ethical principles and legal protections." - Arthur L. Caplan, The Lancet

"Worst Case Bioethics offers a valuable consideration of how public health policy is sometimes shaped by fear in a counterproductive manner. The book is well-written, well-reasoned, and persuasive." - Thomas May, Science

George Annas is William Fairfield Warren Professor at Boston University and Chair of the Department of Health Law, Bioethics & Human Rights, Boston University School of Public Health. He is also Professor in the Boston University schools of Medicine and Law. He is the co-founder of Global Lawyers and Physicians, a transnational group that promotes human rights and health. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a member of the Institute of Medicine, and a member of the National Academies' Human Rights Committee.

Introduction: Scared to Death by Worst Case Scenarios ; Death and Disaster ; 1. American Healthcare ; 2. Bioterror and Bioart ; 3. State of Emergency ; 4. Licensed to Torture ; 5. Hunger Strikes ; 6. War ; Death and the Constitution ; 7. Cancer ; 8. Drug Dealing ; 9. Toxic Tinkering ; 10. Abortion ; 11. Culture of Death ; 12. Patient Safety ; Disaster and Public Health ; 13. Global Health ; 14. The Statue of Security ; 15. Pandemic Fear ; 16. Bioidentifiers ; 17. Genetic Genocide ; Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	28.7.2011
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	234 x 156 mm
Gewicht	503 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Medizinethik
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie
ISBN-10	0-19-984071-7 / 0199840717
ISBN-13	978-0-19-984071-7 / 9780199840717
Zustand	Neuware