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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778683603321

Autore

Sabatello Maya

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2009

ISBN

1-282-40085-1

9786612400858

90-474-2687-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (312 p.)

Collana

Nijhoff eBook titles 2009

Disciplina

341.4/8572

Soggetti

Children - Legal status, laws, etc

Indigenous children - Legal status, laws, etc

Children - Health and hygiene

Medical ethics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-280) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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



and, anthropological nexus of the child be taken into account, but that incorporating identity claims into the legal discourse is also essential for the child’s voice to be heard.