Pandemic Bioethics
Published on 14. June 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-55481-521-0 (ISBN)
Description
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected every human being on the planet and forced us all to reflect on the bioethical issues it raises. In this timely book, Gregory Pence examines a number of relevant issues, including the fair allocation of scarce medical resources, immunity passports, tradeoffs between protecting senior citizens and allowing children to flourish, discrimination against minorities and the disabled, and the myriad issues raised by vaccines.
KEY FEATURES - A thorough overview of the many ethical issues connected with the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Engages with empirical data and the real-world practical problems that bear on pandemic response.
- Informed by foundational ideas in ethics as well as the latest in bioethics scholarship.
- Examines COVID-19 in the context of other historical pandemics.
- A portion of the revenue from this book's sales will be donated to Doctors Without Borders to assist the humanitarian work of nurses, doctors, and other health care providers in the fight against COVID-19 and beyond.
KEY FEATURES - A thorough overview of the many ethical issues connected with the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Engages with empirical data and the real-world practical problems that bear on pandemic response.
- Informed by foundational ideas in ethics as well as the latest in bioethics scholarship.
- Examines COVID-19 in the context of other historical pandemics.
- A portion of the revenue from this book's sales will be donated to Doctors Without Borders to assist the humanitarian work of nurses, doctors, and other health care providers in the fight against COVID-19 and beyond.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Calgary
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
352 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55481-521-0 (9781554815210)
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Person
Gregory E. Pence is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. A leading figure in bioethics, he is frequently interviewed by national news media, including CNN, CBS, and The New York Times. He is the author of several influential monographs and textbooks, including Medical Ethics: Accounts of Ground-Breaking Cases and Who's Afraid of Human Cloning.