| Global Health and Global Health Ethics Contributor(s): Benatar, Solomon (Editor), Brock, Gillian (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0511984790 ISBN-13: 9780511984792 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $213.75 Product Type: Open Ebook - Other Formats Published: March 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Ethics |
| Dewey: 174.2 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: What can be done about the poor state of global health? How are global health challenges intimately linked to the global political economy and to issues of social justice? What are our responsibilities and how can we improve global health? Global Health and Global Health Ethics addresses these questions from the perspective of a range of disciplines, including medicine, philosophy and the social sciences. Topics covered range from infectious diseases, climate change and the environment to trade, foreign aid, food security and biotechnology. Each chapter identifies the ways in which we exacerbate poor global health and discusses what we should do to remedy the factors identified. Together, they contribute to a deeper understanding of the challenges we face, and propose new national and global policies. Offering a wealth of empirical data and both practical and theoretical guidance, this is a key resource for bioethicists, public health practitioners and philosophers. |
Contributor Bio(s): Brock, Gillian: - Gillian Brock is Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Auckland, New Zealand.Benatar, Solomon: - Solomon Robert Benatar is Emeritus Professor of Medicine, University of Cape Town and Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health and Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto, Canada. |