Ethical issues of human genetic databases

a challenge to classical health research ethics?

Following the boom in population databases in recent years there has been sustained and intense international debate about political processes and legal and ethical issues surrounding the protection and use of genetic data. As a result, several national and international organizations and committees have published ...

Speaking for the dead

the human body in biology and medicine

"Speaking for the Dead" is an incisive examination of the highly topical and often controversial issues surrounding the use of human cadavers in scientific research. This new edition has been fully revised and updated to take account of recent developments in this area. These include ...

Disclosure dilemmas

ethics of genetic prognosis after the 'Right to know/Not to know' debate

Eds. Christoph Rehmann- Sutter, Hansjakob Müller. There is today, a fast growing availability of personal genetic information. Its prognostic impact and value for an individual or family member's health is sometimes unclear, while at others it is clear-cut. The issue of whether to disclose ...

Critical interventions in the ethics of healthcare

challenging the principle of autonomy in bioethics

Eds. Stuart J. Murray, Dave Holmes. "Critical Interventions in the Ethics of Healthcare" argues that traditional modes of bioethics are proving incommensurable with burgeoning biotechnologies and consequently, emerging subjectivities. Drawn from diverse disciplines, this volume works toward a new mode of discourse in bioethics, offering ...

Bioequity-property and the human body

"Critical Interventions in the Ethics of Healthcare" argues that traditional modes of bioethics are proving incommensurable with burgeoning biotechnologies and consequently, emerging subjectivities. Drawn from diverse disciplines, this volume works toward a new mode of discourse in bioethics, offering a critique of the current norms ...

The jurisdicion of medical Law

This book offers a critical analysis of some of the guiding principles and assumptions that have been central to the development and identity of medical law. Focusing on several key cases in the field - including the 'Dianne Pretty' and 'Conjoined Twins' cases - the book scrutinises ...

Biothechnology and the challenge of property

property rights in dead bodies, body parts, and genetic information

"Biotechnology and the Challenge of Property" addresses the question of how the advancement of property law is capable of controlling the interests generated by the engineering of human tissues. Through a comparative consideration of non-Western societies and industrialized cultures, this book addresses the impact of ...