Ethics in Biomedical Research: International Perspectives

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Matti Häyry, Tuija Takala, Peter Herissone-Kelly
Rodopi, 2007 - 248 pages
This book deals with the international assessment and regulation of biomedical research. In its chapters, some of the leading figures in today's bioethics address questions centred on global development, scientific advances, and vulnerability. The series Values In Bioethics makes available original philosophical books in all areas of bioethics, including medical and nursing ethics, health care ethics, research ethics, environmental ethics, and global bioethics.
 

Contents

Societal Reactions
114
The Debate on the Moral Status of the Human Embryo
117
Human beings as Created CoCreators
118
Conclusion
121
TEN Interrelations between Bioethics and Ethics of Bio technology
125
Internal and External Considerations
127
Preservation and Safety
129
Changes and Hope
130

HIVAIDS and the Recrudescence of Infectious Diseases
13
Persisting Controversies in International Clinical Research
14
Standard of Care
15
Making Progress through New Perspectives
17
Conclusion
18
Two Some Current Issues in the Ethics of Biomedical Research and Their Background in the Protection of the Dignity and Autonomy of the Vulnera...
21
Its Scope and Approaches
22
Dignity and Autonomy of the Vulnerable
23
The First Phase of Bioethics
24
The Second Phase of Bioethics
25
Dignity Autonomy and Stem Cell Research
26
Political Rhetoric and Genetically Altered Food Products
28
Justice Solidarity and Pharmaceutical Research
29
Construction by Destruction
30
FOUR
47
FIVE
57
Ethical Aspects in Introducing Genetically Modified
69
Duties to the Community in Environmental Manipulation
76
SEVEN The Ethical Review of Research into Rare Genetic Disorders
87
The Problem
88
Research and Clinical Practice
89
Review of Research into Rare Conditions
91
Conclusion
94
United States Perspectives
97
Biomedical Research on Fetuses Embryos PreEmbryos
98
Therapeutic Cloning in the United States
100
Reproductive Cloning in the United States
104
The Value of Life and Ectogenesis in the United States
107
Conclusion
109
A ChristianEthical Contribution
113
VULNERABILITY POWER AND RESPONSIBILITY
133
The Moral Significance of Communicability
135
Current Informed Consent Policies and Contagiousness
136
Historical Examples of Ignoring Contagion
138
Historical Examples of Considering Contagion
140
Contemporary Examples of Ignoring Contagion
142
Considering the Risks to Indirect Participants
144
How Far to Go?
146
TWELVE Is There a Duty to Serve as Research Subjects?
151
Why Ask the Question?
152
Medical Duty and Political Obligation
154
Medical Benefits Model
155
The Fairness Model
156
Harm Prevention Model
157
Responsibility and Reciprocity to Future Generations
158
Derivation of Duty to Serve as Research Subjects
159
The Urgency of Research
162
Duty and Responsibility
164
A Framework for Analysis
167
Vulnerability and AIDS
168
Vulnerability and Biomedical Research Ethics
170
A Vulnerability Analysis Framework
173
Conclusion
179
FOURTEEN New Vulnerabilities Raised by Biomedical Research
181
Vulnerability in Human Experimentation
182
Ethic of Rights and Vindication of an Ethics of Duty
191
Some Alternatives to Bio
193
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
213
INDEX
221
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