Overview

""The Yearbook"" series alternates between a biennial volume tracing recent theological discussions on topics in bioethics and a biennial volume tracing recent regional discussions in bioethics. Volume 4 provides a comprehensive single-volume summary of recent international and regional developments on specific topics in bioethics. To give uniformity to the discussions all authors were asked to report on the following topics: new reproductive technologies, abortion, maternal-faetal conflicts, case of severely disabled newborns, consent of treatment and experimentation, confidentiality, equitable access to health care, ethical concerns raised by cost-containment measures, decisions to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment, active euthanasia, the definition of death, organ donation and transplantation, and a final broad category of other issues. The internationally respected contributors report on the following 16 areas: the United States, Canada, Latin America, the United Kingdom and Ireland, France, the Netherlands, Germany/Austria/Switzerland, Spain/Portugal/Italy, Scandinavia, Southeast Asia, China, Japan, Australia/New Zealand. The commentators draw on three sets of resources: statutes, legislative proposals, and regulatory changes that directly influence or have implications for, areas of bioethical concern; case law and court judgments that shape, either decisively or suggestively, recent legal interpretations of particular issues of areas in bioethics; formal statements of governmentally appointed commissions, advisory bodies, and representative professional groups, as well as less formal statements and recommendations of other organizations. In additional to providing timely summaries of recent developments, the volume offers bibliographical references to a wide array of documents, many of which would be difficult for readers to learn about, given the lack of centralized international collection of such documents. ""The Yearbook"" should be useful to bioethicists, public policy analysts, lawyers and theologians.

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Author:   B.A. Lustig
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   1995 ed.
Volume:   4
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.904kg
ISBN:  

9780792332374

ISBN 10:   0792332377
Pages:   433
Publication Date:   30 November 1994
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

Bioethics in the United States: 1991–1993.- Bioethics in Canada: 1991–1993.- Bioethics in Latin America: 1991–1993.- Bioethics in the United Kingdom and Ireland: 1991–1993.- Bioethics in France: 1991–1993.- Bioethics in the Netherlands: 1991–1993.- Bioethics in German-Speaking Western European Countries (Austria, Germany, and Switzerland): 1991–1993.- Bioethics in Spain: 1991–1993.- Bioethics in Portugal: 1991–1993.- Bioethics in Italy: 1991–1993.- Bioethics in Scandinavia: 1991–1993.- Bioethics in Southeast Asia: 1991–1993.- Bioethics in China: 1991–1993.- Bioethics in Japan: 1991–1993.- Bioethics in Australia: 1991–1993.- Bioethics in New Zealand: 1991–1993.- Notes on Contributors.- Errata Sheet (For Volume 2).- General Index.- Index of Authors, Cases, Documents, and Legislation Discussed.

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