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998037
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b752407
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Annas, George J.
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American bioethics : : crossing human rights and health law boundaries /\ George J. Annas.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2005.
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1 online resource (xvi, 244 pages)
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0195169492
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: 0199748098
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: 1280534451
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: 1423763408
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: 9780195169492
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: 9780199748099
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: 9781280534454
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: 9781423763406
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-236) and index.
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| Contents
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INTRODUCTION; I.BIOETHICS AND HUMAN RIGHTS; 1.BIOETHICS AND BIOTERRORISM; 2.HUMAN RIGHTS AND HEALTH; 3.THE MAN ON THE MOON; 4.THE ENDANGERED HUMAN; 5.THE RIGHT TO HEALTH; 6.CAPITAL PUNISHMENT; II.BIOETHICS AND HEALTH LAW; 7.CONJOINED TWINS; 8.PATIENT RIGHTS; 9.WHITE COAT POLICE; 10.PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTION; 11.THE SHADOWLANDS; 12.WASTE AND LONGING
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Bioethics was "born in the USA" and the values American bioethics embrace are based on American law, including liberty and justice. This book crosses the borders between bioethics and law, but moves beyond the domestic law/bioethics struggles for dominance by exploring attempts to articulate universal principles based on international human rights. The isolationism of bioethics in the US is not tenable in the wake of scientific triumphs like decoding the human genome, and civilizational tragedies like international terrorism. Annas argues that by crossing boundaries, which have artificially separated bioethics and health law from the international human rights movement, American bioethics can be reborn as a global force for good, instead of serving mainly the purposes of U.S. academics. This thesis is explored in a variety of international contexts such as, terrorism and genetic engineering, and in U.S. domestic disputes such as, patient rights and market medicine. The citizens of the world have created two universal codes: science has sequenced the human genome and the United Nations has produced the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.; The challenge for American bioethics is to combine these two great codes in imaginative and constructive ways to make the world a better, and healthier, place to live.
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Bioethics-- United States.
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Human rights-- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Medical laws and legislation-- Moral and ethical aspects-- United States.
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Medical laws and legislation-- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Bioethical Issues-- legislation jurisprudence-- United States.
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Bioethical Issues-- legislation jurisprudence.
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Human Rights-- United States.
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Human Rights.
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Legislation, Medical-- United States.
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Legislation, Medical.
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Bioéthique-- Droit-- États-Unis.
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Droits de l'homme (Droit international)-- Aspect moral.
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Médecine-- Droit-- Aspect moral-- États-Unis.
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Médecine-- Droit-- Aspect moral.
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Bioethics.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Business Ethics.
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Human rights-- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Bioethical Issues-- legislation jurisprudence-- United States.
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Bioethical Issues-- legislation jurisprudence.
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Bioethical Issues-- legislation and jurisprudence-- United States.
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Human Rights-- United States.
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Human Rights.
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Legislation, Medical-- United States.
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Legislation, Medical.
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United States.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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174/.957/0973
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| LC Classification
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K3240.A56 2005eb
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2004 N-957
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WB 33 AA1A613a 2005
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