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Author:   Maya Sabatello
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Martinus Nijhoff
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.681kg
ISBN:  

9789004173415

ISBN 10:   9004173412
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   20 May 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgment; List of Abbreviations; Table of Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction; OUTLINE OF THE BOOK; Chapter 2: Using International Human Rights Framework to Study Bioethics; INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGTHS AND BIOETHICS: AN INEXTRICABLE CONNECTION; MEDICAL CULTURES; CHILDREN, BIOETHICS AND MEDICAL CULTURES; CHILDREN’S BIOETHICS AND THE QUESTION OF AGENCY; BIOETHICS AND CULTURE: TERMS AND WORKING DEFINITIONS; Chapter 3: Children’s Bioethics in the Convention on the Rights of the Child: Historical Overview of the Drafting Process; DRAFTING THE CHILDREN’S CONVENTION; CATEGORIES OF BIOMEDICAL PRACTICES; WHO WON, WHO LOST?; CONCLUSION; Chapter 4: Traditional Bodily Practices: Case Studies; CASE SELECTION; TRADITIONAL BODILY PRACTICES: BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT; CONCLUSION; Chapter 5: Children’s Bioethics and the Framework of Analysis; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK OF HUMAN RIGHTS; BODILY PRACTICES AND CULTURAL CONFLICTS; CONCLUSION; Chapter 6: Biomedical Practices and the Child: Rights in Question; ABUSE AND NEGLECT; TORTURE, CRUEL AND INHUMAN AND DEGRADING TREATMENT; FREEDOM FROM VIOLENCE; FREEDOM OF THOUGHT, CONSCIENCE AND RELIGION; INFORMED CONSENT; CONCLUSION; Chapter 7: Rights Discourse, Children and Bioethics; CULTURE, CULTURAL RIGHTS AND CULTURAL IDENTITY; CHILDREN AS BEARERS OF (BIOMEDICAL) CULTURAL RIGHTS; THE CHILD'S CULTURAL IDENTITY; CHILDREN’S BIOETHICS IN PRACTICE; CONCLUSION; Chapter 8: Broadening the Lens; GENETIC MANIPULATIONS; GENETIC SELECTION OF CHILDREN’S CHARACTERISTICS: A PART OF PARENTAL REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM?; SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS AND CHILDREN; THE CHILD’S ‘RIGHT TO A SOUND MIND AND BODY’?; CONCLUSION; Chapter 9: Conclusion; CONSIDERATIONS UNDER THE PHYSICAL PATH; CONSIDERATIONS UNDER THE IDENTITY PATH; RESOLUTION OF BIOMEDICAL CONFLICTS; CHILDREN’S BIOETHICS: A REEVALUATION; Bibliography; COURT CASES; INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTS; SOURCES

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Maya Sabatello, L.L.B., Ph.D. (2006) in Political Science, University of Southern California, and currently teaches at the Center for Global Affairs, New York University. She has published on the topic of disabilities and bioethics, and participated in the UN drafting of the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

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