Negotiating bioethics

Negotiating bioethics

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Langlois, Adl̈e (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Routledge 2013.
Colección:Genetics and society.
Materias:
Unesco's Bioethics Programme.
Bioethics > International cooperation.
Medical ethics > International cooperation.
Medical genetics > Law and legislation > International cooperation.
unesco's bioethics programm.
bioethics.
genetics, medical.
program evaluation.
ethics, medical.
international cooperation.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009419772506719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Bioethics : human genetic and biomedical research ethics at UNESCO and beyond
  • 3. Global governance : a conceptual framework for analysing bioethics at UNESCO
  • 4. Deliberating bioethics : UNESCO's standard-setting activities
  • 5. Implementing bioethics : UNESCO's efforts to realize and enforce the declarations
  • 6. Contextualizing bioethics : the declarations in Kenya and South Africa
  • 7. Contextualizing bioethics : mapping progress in Kenya and South Africa
  • 8. Conclusion.

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