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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451815303321

Titolo

African American bioethics [[electronic resource] ] : culture, race, and identity / / Lawrence J. Prograis, Jr., Edmund D. Pellegrino, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, c2007

ISBN

1-58901-232-1

1-4356-2752-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PrograisLawrence

PellegrinoEdmund D. <1920->

Disciplina

174/.957

Soggetti

Medical ethics

African American philosophy

Health services accessibility - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Conference titled 'Symposium on African American Perspectives in Bioethics and Second Annual Conference on Health Disparities,' held on September 23-24, 2004, at Georgetown University"--P. viii.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Revisiting African American perspectives on biomedical ethics : distinctiveness and other questions / Jorge L.A. Garcia -- The moral weight of culture in ethics / Segun Gbadegesin -- Whitewashing black health : lies, deceptions, assumptions, and assertions : and the disparities continue / Annette Dula -- Race, equity, health policy, and the African-American community / Patricia A. King -- Religion and ethical decision making in the African American community : bioterrorism and the Black postal workers / Cheryl J. Sanders -- Personal narrative and an African American perspective on medical ethics / Ezra E.H. Griffith -- Does an African American perspective alter clinical ethical decision making at the bedside? / Reginald L. Peniston -- Race, genetics, and ethics / Kevin FitzGerald and Charmaine Royal.

Sommario/riassunto

Do people of differing ethnicities, cultures, and races view medicine and bioethics differently? And, if they do, should they? Are doctors and researchers taking environmental perspectives into account when dealing with patients? If so, is it done effectively and properly? In



African American Bioethics, Lawrence J. Prograis Jr. and Edmund D. Pellegrino bring together medical practitioners, researchers, and theorists to assess one fundamental question: Is there a distinctive African American bioethics? The book's contributors resoundingly answer yesùyet their responses vary. They discuss the co