Annals of Bioethics : : Regional Perspectives in Bioethics / / Mark J. Cherry, John F. Peppin.

• VerfasserIn: Cherry, Mark J.,; Peppin, John F.,
• TeilnehmendeR: Peppin, John F.,
• Place / Publishing House: [Place of publication not identified] : : Taylor & Francis,, 2003.
• Year of Publication: 2003
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

Regional Perspectives in Bioethics" illustrates the ways in which the national and international political landscape encompasses persons from diverse and often fragmented moral communities with widely varying moral intuitions, premises, evaluations and commitments.

Table of Contents

Annals of Bioethics: A Forum of Foundational, Clinical and Emerging Topics -- INTRODUCTION: BIOETHICS AS A GLOBAL PHENOMENON -- PART I: NORTH AMERICA -- 1 Bioethics in Canada -- 2 United States Perspectives on Assisted Reproductive Technologies -- 3 Conceptual, Normative, and Policy Issues in U.S. Health Care Allocation -- 4 Ethics Committees and Consultation in the United States PART II: SOUTH AMERICA -- 5 Bioethics in Argentina -- PART III: EUROPE -- 6 Bioethics in France -- 7 Crossing the Rubicon? The Medical Ethical Debate in Germany in 2001 -- 8 Bioethics in Switzerland -- 9 Bioethics in Greece: A Regional Approach -- 10 Bioethics in Italy since 1997 -- 11 Bioethics in the UK -- 12 Bioethics in Denmark -- PART IV: ASIA -- 13 Turkish Perspectives in Bioethics -- 14 Bioethics in Bangladesh -- 15 Bioethics in China -- 16 Bioethics With Chinese Characteristics: The Development of Bioethics in Hong Kong -- 17 The Long History of Indian Medical Systems and Current Perspectives in Health Care Bioethics -- 18 Bioethics in the Philippines: An Overview of Developments, Issues, and Controversies -- 19 Japanese Bioethics -- PART V: NEW ZEALAND -- 20 Bioethics in New Zealand: A Historical and Sociological Review.