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

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (192 p.)
• Disciplina: 174/.957
• Soggetto topico: Medical ethics; African American philosophy; Health services accessibility - United States
• Altri autori: PrograisLawrence PellegrinoEdmund D. <1920->
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: African American bioethics
• ISBN: 1-58901-232-1; 1-4356-2752-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778227303321
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