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Sabatello Maya |
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Titolo |
Children's bioethics [[electronic resource] ] : the international biopolitical discourse on harmful traditional practices and the right of the child to cultural identity / / Maya Sabatello |
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Leiden ; ; Boston, : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-40085-1 |
9786612400858 |
90-474-2687-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (312 p.) |
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Collana |
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Nijhoff eBook titles 2009 |
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Soggetti |
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Children - Legal status, laws, etc |
Indigenous children - Legal status, laws, etc |
Children - Health and hygiene |
Medical ethics |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-280) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Using international human rights framework to study bioethics -- Children's bioethics in the Convention on the Rights of the Child : historical overview of the drafting process -- Traditional bodily practices : case studies -- Children's bioethics and the framework of analysis -- Biomedical practices and the child : rights in question -- Rights discourse, children and bioethics -- Broadening the lens : genetic manipulation -- Conclusion. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Only scant attention has been given to the issue of children’s bioethics. Even when such a discourse took place, it hardly touched upon children as social agents. In this novel work, Maya Sabatello looks at the “body politics” of religious and cultural medical practices - from “harmful traditional practices” to genetic engineering. Building on literature from medical anthropology, cultural studies, disability studies, social sciences, and law, she explores the international discourse on children’s bioethics from a previously uncharted child-centered approach. In light of the existing multiculturalism, she contends that in the discourse on children's bioethics, not only must the medical, social |
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