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Chapter 1 A Brief History of Bioethics in Japan -- Chapter 2 Brain-death and organ transplantation: The first Japanese Path -- Chapter 3 Informed Consent, Familism, and the Nature of Autonomy -- Chapter 4 End-of-Life Care, Advance Directives, Withholding and Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Treatment, and The Goals of Medicine -- Chapter 5 The Moral Status of the Embryo: The Second Japanese Path -- Chapter 6 The Great East Japan Earthquake and the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident -- Chapter 7 Outcome egalitarianism and opportunity egalitarianism -- Chapter 8 Research Regulations, Ethics Committees, and Confronting Global Standards -- Chapter 9 Modern Medical Professionalism -- Chapter 10 What does it mean to be truly "interdisciplinary"? -- Chapter 11 Rebirthing Bioethics: Going Global.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Preface to the second edition -- Abbreviations -- 1 What is bioethics? -- Introduction -- History -- What about the law? -- Methods -- Applications -- How to use this book -- Resources and further reading -- 2 Moral theories -- Introduction -- Counting the consequences -- Doing one's duty -- Being a good person - virtue ethics -- Brotherhood and sisterhood - communitarianism -- Live free or die - libertarianism -- A balancing act - the four principles -- Resources and further reading -- Exercise -- 3 Perspectives -- Introduction -- Gendered agendas - feminist approaches -- To care or not to care? -- Culture and religion -- Conclusion -- Resources and further reading -- Exercises -- 4 Clinical ethics -- Introduction -- The clinical relationship - a conspiracy against the laity? -- Life before birth -- Transplantation and regenerative medicine -- Mental health -- The end of life -- After death -- Conclusions -- Resources and further reading -- Exercises -- 5 Research -- Introduction -- Research ethics -- Research integrity -- Research and the future -- Conclusion -- Resources and further reading -- Exercises -- 6 Justice -- Introduction -- Public health ethics -- Fair access and the paradox of health care -- Global inequity in health -- Global survival -- Resources and further reading -- Exercises -- Appendix -- Glossary -- References -- Index

Providing readers with the confidence needed to debate key issues in bioethics, this introductory text clearly explains bioethical theories and their philosophical foundations. Over 250 activities introduce topics for personal reflection, and discussion points encourage students to think for themselves and build their own arguments. Highlighting the potential pitfalls for those new to bioethics, each chapter features boxes providing factual information and outlining the philosophical background, along with detailed case studies that offer an insight into real-life examples of bioethical problems. Within-chapter essay questions and quizzes, along with end-of-chapter review questions, allow students to check their understanding and to broaden their thinking about the topics discussed. The accompanying podcasts by the author (two of whose podcasts on iTunesUTM have attracted over 3 million downloads) explain points that might be difficult for beginners. These, along with a range of extra resources for students and instructors, are available at www.cambridge.org/bioethics.

This book critically analyses experiences with bioethics education in various countries across the world and identifies common challenges and interests. It presents ethics teaching experiences in nine different countries and the basic question of the goals of bioethics education. It addresses bioethics education in resource-poor countries, as the conditions and facilities are widely different, and set limits and provide challenges to bioethics educators. Further, the question of how bioethics education can be improved is explored by the contributors. Despite the volume of journal publications agreement on bioethics education is rather limited. There are only few examples of core curricula, demonstrating consensus on the contents, goals, methods and assessment of teaching programs. We need ask: How can agreement on the best modalities of bioethics education be promoted?

This book critically analyses experiences with bioethics education in various countries across the world and identifies common challenges and interests. It presents ethics teaching experiences in nine different countries and the basic question of the goals of bioethics education. It addresses bioethics education in resource-poor countries, as the conditions and facilities are widely different and set limits and provide challenges to bioethics educators. Further, the question of how bioethics education can be improved is explored by the contributors. Despite the volume of journal publications agreement on bioethics education is rather limited. There are only few examples of core curricula, demonstrating consensus on the contents, goals, methods and assessment of teaching programs. We need ask: How can agreement on the best modalities of bioethics education be promoted?.

This chapter provides a brief description about the history and current standings of Bioethics in Malta. The author not only discusses the legal point of view of bioethics but also takes into account three issues which have sparked public debate. This issues are In Vitro Fertilization (IVF), hydration and nutrition (euthanasia), and abortion. ; peer-reviewed

This is the first book that explains how you actually go about doing good bioethics. John McMillan develops an account of the nature of bioethics; he reveals how a number of methodological spectres have obstructed bioethics; and then he shows how moral reason can be brought to bear upon practical issues via an 'empirical, Socratic' approach.

"An understanding of the ethical implications of their work is now essential for all scientists. This accessible textbook clearly explains bioethical theories and their philosophical foundations to science students, enabling them to confidently take part in the key ethical debates of biotechnology. Over 200 activities introduce topics for personal reflection and discussion points encourage students to think for themselves and build their own arguments. Highlighting the potential pitfalls for those new to bioethics, each chapter features boxes providing factual information and outlining the philosophical background. Accompanying online podcasts by the author (two of whose podcasts on iTunesU have attracted over 3 million downloads) explain points that might be difficult for beginners. Detailed case studies provide an insight into real-life examples of bioethical problems. Within-chapter essay questions and quizzes, along with end-of-chapter review questions, allow students to check their understanding and encourage broader thinking about the topics discussed"--

"The sequencing of the entire human genome has opened up unprecedented possibilities for healthcare, but also ethical and social dilemmas about how these can be achieved, particularly in developing countries. UNESCO's Bioethics Programme was established to address such issues in 1993. Since then, it has adopted three declarations on human genetics and bioethics (1997, 2003 and 2005), set up numerous training programmes around the world and debated the need for an international convention on human reproductive cloning. Negotiating Bioethics presents Langlois' research on the negotiation and implementation of the three declarations and the human cloning debate, based on fieldwork carried out in Kenya, South Africa, France and the UK, among policy-makers, geneticists, ethicists, civil society representatives and industry professionals. The book examines whether the UNESCO Bioethics Programme is an effective forum for (a) decision-making on bioethics issues and (b) ensuring ethical practice. Considering two different aspects of the UNESCO Bioethics Programme - deliberation and implementation - at international and national levels, Langlois explores: - how relations between developed and developing countries can be made more equal - who should be involved in global level decision-making and how this should proceed - how overlap between initiatives can be avoided - what can be done to improve the implementation of international norms by sovereign states - how far universal norms can be contextualized - what impact the efficacy of national level governance has at international level Drawing on extensive empirical research, Negotiating Bioethics presents a truly global perspective on bioethics"--

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Introduction -- Moral Visions of Global Education -- Goals and Challenges of Global Ethics Education -- Practices of Global Ethics Education -- References -- Part I: Moral Visions of Global Education -- Chapter 1: Cosmopolitanism and Educating the Citizen of the World -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Cosmopolitanism -- 1.3 Global Consciousness -- 1.4 Globalization: The Reality -- 1.5 The Problem of Inequality -- 1.6 Inequality and Education -- 1.7 Global Bioethics -- 1.8 Teaching Ethics in Times of Inequalities in a Global Society -- 1.9 Implications for Bioethics Teaching -- 1.10 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2: Global Bioethics and Global Education -- 2.1 An Evolving Global Context for Ethics, Bioethics and Ethics Education -- 2.2 The Pathway to Understanding and Adapting to This New Context -- 2.3 From Individual Health to International Health and Global Health -- 2.4 Causal Underpinnings -- 2.5 The Currently Dominant Belief System -- 2.6 Moving Ahead with Activities to Improve Health Locally and Globally -- 2.7 Global Health Ethics -- 2.8 Teaching Global Health and Global Health Ethics -- 2.9 Conclusions -- References -- Part II: Goals and Challenges of Global Ethics Education -- Chapter 3: Goals in Global Ethics Education -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Challenges Relating to Reaching a Global Ethics Consensus -- 3.3 Global Ethics Education Opposing Moral Imperialism -- 3.4 Global Ethics Education in Opposition to Coloniality -- 3.5 Can Global Ethics Education Contribute Towards Overcoming Situations of Moral Imperialism and Coloniality? -- 3.6 Final Remarks -- References -- Chapter 4: Priorities in the Teaching of Ethics in a Globalized World -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Reality and Challenges in a Globalized World -- 4.3 Setting New Priorities in the Teaching of Ethics.

Human Dignity in Bioethics brings together a collection of essays that rigorously examine the concept of human dignity from its metaphysical foundations to its polemical deployment in bioethical controversies. The volume falls into three parts, beginning with meta-level perspectives and moving to concrete applications. Part 1 analyzes human dignity through a worldview lens, exploring the source and meaning of human dignity from naturalist, postmodernist, Protestant, and Catholic vantages, respectively, letting each side explain and defend its own conception. Part 2 moves from metaphysical moor

More than words / Alice Dreger and francoise Baylis -- "Where there's smoke, there's Pfizer" / Francoise Baylis and Jocelyn Downie -- "So what?" : historical contingency, activism, and reflections on the studies in Tuskegee and Guatemala / Susan M. Reverby -- Twenty years of working toward intersex rights / Alice Dreger -- Working with public citizen : an academic-NGO collaboration / Ruth Macklin -- Reproductive technology's legacy of omission / Miriam Zoll -- Establishing pediatric palliative care : overcoming barriers / Joel E. Frader -- History and philosophy of science engaging the public / Jane Maienschein -- The Flint water crisis / Aron Sousa