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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811741003321

Autore

Annas George J.

Titolo

American bioethics : crossing human rights and health law boundaries / / George J. Annas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2005]

ISBN

0-19-770555-3

0-19-539029-6

1-280-53445-1

0-19-974809-8

1-60256-847-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 244 pages)

Disciplina

174/.957/0973

Soggetti

Human rights - Moral and ethical aspects

Medical laws and legislation - Moral and ethical aspects

Medical laws and legislation - Moral and ethical aspects - United States

Bioethics - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 2005.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-236) and index.

Nota di contenuto

INTRODUCTION; I.BIOETHICS AND HUMAN RIGHTS; 1.BIOETHICS AND BIOTERRORISM; 2.HUMAN RIGHTS AND HEALTH; 3.THE MAN ON THE MOON; 4.THE ENDANGERED HUMAN; 5.THE RIGHT TO HEALTH; 6.CAPITAL PUNISHMENT; II.BIOETHICS AND HEALTH LAW; 7.CONJOINED TWINS; 8.PATIENT RIGHTS; 9.WHITE COAT POLICE; 10.PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTION; 11.THE SHADOWLANDS; 12.WASTE AND LONGING

Sommario/riassunto

Bioethics was 'born in the USA' and the values American bioethics embrace are based on American law. This text crosses the borders between bioethics and law, but moves beyond the domestic law/bioethics struggles for dominance by exploring attempts to articulate universal principles on human rights.