Worst Case Bioethics
Death, Disaster, and Public Health
Published on 28. July 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
360 pages
978-0-19-984071-7 (ISBN)
Description
"Carefully reasoned, clearly articulated, and pulls no punches...Boldly tackles the most contentious issues in bioethics and public policy....Worst Case Bioethics is certain to provoke strong responses across disciplines and ideologies on issues of great importance."- Mark Rothstein, Journal of Legal Medicine
"Annas persuasively argues in Worst Case Bioethics that basing policy on extreme nightmare possibilities leads to a distortion of fundamental ethical principles and legal protections." - Arthur L. Caplan, The Lancet
"Worst Case Bioethics offers a valuable consideration of how public health policy is sometimes shaped by fear in a counterproductive manner. The book is well-written, well-reasoned, and persuasive." - Thomas May, Science
"Annas persuasively argues in Worst Case Bioethics that basing policy on extreme nightmare possibilities leads to a distortion of fundamental ethical principles and legal protections." - Arthur L. Caplan, The Lancet
"Worst Case Bioethics offers a valuable consideration of how public health policy is sometimes shaped by fear in a counterproductive manner. The book is well-written, well-reasoned, and persuasive." - Thomas May, Science
Reviews / Votes
"So the stereotypical charge that international law cannot be enforced for purposes of promoting public health is by and large a product of our frustration with the sloppy, sluggish, and cynical approach to health and human rights. Annas has provided an opportunity to begin this debate anew by using domestic cases and topics to illustrate that human rights is central to securing our individual and population health.""George Annas examines worst case scenarios in the American context and assesses their impacts on individuals, physicians and the government. He wistfully discusses the diverging views on disconcerting topics such as death and disaster." -- Medicine, Health Care, and Philosophy
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
547 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-984071-7 (9780199840717)
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E-Book
03/2010
1st Edition
OUP eBook
€27.49
Available for download
Person
George Annas is William Fairfield Warren Professor at Boston University and Chair of the Department of Health Law, Bioethics & Human Rights, Boston University School of Public Health. He is also Professor in the Boston University schools of Medicine and Law. He is the co-founder of Global Lawyers and Physicians, a transnational group that promotes human rights and health. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a member of the Institute of Medicine, and a member of the National Academies' Human Rights Committee.
Content
Introduction: Scared to Death by Worst Case Scenarios ; Death and Disaster ; 1. American Healthcare ; 2. Bioterror and Bioart ; 3. State of Emergency ; 4. Licensed to Torture ; 5. Hunger Strikes ; 6. War ; Death and the Constitution ; 7. Cancer ; 8. Drug Dealing ; 9. Toxic Tinkering ; 10. Abortion ; 11. Culture of Death ; 12. Patient Safety ; Disaster and Public Health ; 13. Global Health ; 14. The Statue of Security ; 15. Pandemic Fear ; 16. Bioidentifiers ; 17. Genetic Genocide ; Index