Bioethics and Human Rights

<P>This third edition collection provides a contemporary survey of current international issues in bioethics and human rights for study across social science disciplines. New chapters discuss the reproductive justice in the US immigration politics and medical duty during pandemics climate change implications for bioethics acoustic weaponry technologies and vaccine politics.</P><P>Following a consideration of theoretical frameworks there three units on human rights life and death and public health form an in-depth look at contemporary issues in the field of bioethics. Each unit includes cutting edge analyses by international experts and thought-provoking case studies as well as discussion and essay prompts and Internet and film resources. Topics range from pediatric genomics abortion (including the <I>Dobbs </I>decision medical tourism human experimentation climate change the Havana syndrome the care of aging family members truth-telling vulnerable human subjects health equity healthcare in ICE detention facilities solitary confinement euthanasia lethal injections and the harvesting of human organs pandemic ethics vaccine controversies and more.</P><P>The new updated and retained chapters make this book an appealing resource as a primary text scholarly reference book or a course supplement. </P><P><B>Contributors:</B>Robert Baker Tom L. Beauchamp Michael Boylan Marlene Brant Castellano Cher Weixia Chen Zenon Culverhouse Bernard Gert Søren Holm Ilhan Ilkilic Akiko Ito Rita Manning Kimberly Mutcherson Peter F. Omonzejele Pinit Ratanakul Alison Dundes Renteln Maya Sabatello Udo Schüklenk Edward H. Spence Bradley P. Stoner Scott Stonington Peter Tagore Tan Wanda Teays Rosemarie Tong Carlos Verdugo-Serna Virginia L. Warren Cecilia (Lim) Wee</P><P></P>