
Bioethics Reenvisioned
A Path Toward Health Justice
The University of North Carolina Press
Published on 6. December 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
214 pages
978-1-4696-7158-1 (ISBN)
Description
Bioethics needs an expanded moral vision. Born in the ferment of the 1970s, the field responded to rapid developments in biomedical technology and injustices in clinical care and research. Since then, bioethics has predominantly focused on respect for autonomy, beneficence and nonmaleficence, and the zero-sum "lifeboat" ethics of distributive justice, applying these principles almost exclusively within the walls of medical institutions. It is now time for bioethics to take full account of the problems of health disparities and structural injustice that are made newly urgent by the COVID-19 pandemic and the effects of climate change. This book shows why and how the field must embrace a broader and more meaningful view of justice, principally by incorporating the tools and insights of the social sciences, epidemiology, and public health. Nancy M. P. King, Gail E. Henderson, and Larry R. Churchill make the case for a more social understanding and application of justice, a deeper humility in assessing expertise in bioethics consulting, a broader and more relevant research agenda, and greater appreciation of the profound health implications of global warming.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chapel Hill
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
376 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4696-7158-1 (9781469671581)
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Nancy M. P. King | Gail E. Henderson | Larry R. Churchill
Bioethics Reenvisioned
A Path toward Health Justice
E-Book
11/2022
The University of North Carolina Press
€15.49
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Persons
Nancy M. P. King is professor at Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
Gail E. Henderson is professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Larry R. Churchill is professor emeritus at Vanderbilt University.
Gail E. Henderson is professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Larry R. Churchill is professor emeritus at Vanderbilt University.