Annals of Bioethics: Regional Perspectives in Bioethics

by Mark J. Cherry, John F. Peppin

Overview

Regional Perspectives in Bioethics" illustrates the ways in which the national and international political landscape encompasses persons from diverse and often fragmented moral communities with widely varying moral intuitions, premises, evaluations and commitments.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135302276
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/10/2005
Series:	Routledge Annals of Bioethics
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	380
Sales rank:	881,747
File size:	600 KB

About the Author

John F. Peppin Director Center for Bioethics, Pain Management&Medicine Des Moines, Iowa and Mark J. Cherry Department of Philosophy Saint Edward’s University Austin, Texas

Table of Contents

Annals of Bioethics: A Forum of Foundational, Clinical and Emerging Topics INTRODUCTION: BIOETHICS AS A GLOBAL PHENOMENON PART I: NORTH AMERICA 1 Bioethics in Canada 2 United States Perspectives on Assisted Reproductive Technologies 3 Conceptual, Normative, and Policy Issues in U.S. Health Care Allocation 4 Ethics Committees and Consultation in the United States PART II: SOUTH AMERICA 5 Bioethics in Argentina PART III: EUROPE 6 Bioethics in France 7 Crossing the Rubicon? The Medical Ethical Debate in Germany in 2001 8 Bioethics in Switzerland 9 Bioethics in Greece: A Regional Approach 10 Bioethics in Italy since 1997 11 Bioethics in the UK 12 Bioethics in Denmark PART IV: ASIA 13 Turkish Perspectives in Bioethics 14 Bioethics in Bangladesh 15 Bioethics in China 16 Bioethics With Chinese Characteristics: The Development of Bioethics in Hong Kong 17 The Long History of Indian Medical Systems and Current Perspectives in Health Care Bioethics 18 Bioethics in the Philippines: An Overview of Developments, Issues, and Controversies 19 Japanese Bioethics PART V: NEW ZEALAND 20 Bioethics in New Zealand: A Historical and Sociological Review