Global Bioethics: The Impact of the UNESCO International Bioethics Committee

Book Overview

Preface; A. Bagheri, J. Moreno and S. Semplici.- Chapter One Globalizing Bioethics Through, Beyond and Despite Governments; Henk ten Have.- Chapter Two The UNESCO Universal Declarations: Paperwork or Added Value to the International Conversation on Bioethics? The example of the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights; Mich?le Stanton-Jean.- Chapter Three Twenty Years of the International Bioethics Committee: Achievements and Future Priorities; Nouzha Guessous.- Chapter Four The Universality of the UNESCO Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights; Richard Magnus.- Chapter Five Consent and Bioethics; Sheila A.M. McLean.- Chapter Six Global Bioethics as Social Bioethics; Stefano Semplici.- Chapter Seven Ethics and Traditional Medicine.- Emilio La Rosa Rodr?guez Chapter Eight Biobanks: Balancing Benefits and Risks; Ewa Bartnik and Eero Vuorio.- Chapter Nine The Risk of Discrimination and Stigmatization in Organ Transplantation and Trafficking; Alireza Bagheri.- Chapter Ten Dust of Wonder, Dust of Doom: A Landscape of Nanotechnology, Nanoethics, and Sustainable Development; Fabio Salamanca-Buentello and Abdallah S. Daar.- Chapter Eleven The National Bioethics Committees and the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights: Their Potential and Optimal Functioning; Jean F. Martin.- Chapter Twelve The UNESCO International Bioethics Committee and the Network of Ethical Advisory Bodies in Europe: An Interactive Relationship; Christiane Druml.- Chapter Thirteen The Impact of the UNESCO International Bioethics Committee's Activities on Central and Eastern Europe; Olga Kubar and Joze Trontelj.- Chapter Fourteen Bioethics in Arab Region and the Impact of the UNESCO International Bioethics Committee; Sadek Beloucif and Mohamed S. Ben Ammar.- Chapter Fifteen The Impact of the UNESCO International Bioethics Committee on Latin America: Respect for Cultural Diversity and Pluralism; Claude Verg?s, Delia S?nchez, Volnei Garrafa and Andr?s Peralta.- Chapter Sixteen Bioethics Development in Africa: The Contribution of the UNESCO International Bioethics Committee; Monique Wasunna, A?ssatou Toure and Christine Wasunna.- Chapter Seventeen Bioethics in East Asia: Issues and Development; Myongsei Sohn.- Contributors.- Index .

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 331937138X
• ISBN13: 9783319371382
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 201 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"