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Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Bio-ethics

Clinical Ethics Consultation Toolkit (Paperback, 1st ed. 2017): Bashir Jiwani Clinical Ethics Consultation Toolkit (Paperback, 1st ed. 2017)
Bashir Jiwani
R1,451 Discovery Miles 14 510 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This workbook is a companion to Clinical Ethics Consultation: A Practical Guide to Changing Culture, Building Capacity and Solving Problems Case by Case. The Toolkit lays out the process for clinical ethics consultation in a series of steps within five phases: Pre-Consult, Interviews, Mid-Consult, Consult meeting(s), and Post-Consult. For each step, the Toolkit provides directions for how to complete it, tips for success, and worksheets for capturing data and analysis. The Clinical Ethics Consultation Toolkit is the playbook from which clinical ethics consultants can draw methods and strategies for effectively delivering ethics consultation.

Ethical and Political Approaches to Nonhuman Animal Issues (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Andrew Woodhall, Gabriel Garmendia da... Ethical and Political Approaches to Nonhuman Animal Issues (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Andrew Woodhall, Gabriel Garmendia da Trindade
R4,400 Discovery Miles 44 000 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book offers ethical and political approaches to issues that nonhuman animals face. The recent 'political turn' in interspecies ethics, from ethical to political approaches, has arisen due to the apparent lack of success of the nonhuman animal movement and dissatisfaction with traditional approaches. Current works largely present general positions rather than address specific issues and principally rely on mainstream approaches. This book offers alternative positions such as cosmopolitan, libertarian, and left humanist thought, as well as applying ethical and political thought to specific issues, such as experimentation, factory farming, nonhuman political agency, and intervention. Presenting work by theorists and activists, insights are offered from both ethics and politics that impact theory and practice and offer essential considerations for those engaging in interspecies ethics within the political turn era.

Safety, Ethics and Regulations (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Phuc Van Pham, Achim Rosemann Safety, Ethics and Regulations (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Phuc Van Pham, Achim Rosemann
R5,605 Discovery Miles 56 050 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This invaluable resource discusses the saftey, ethics, and regulations of developing stem cell clinical applications. Each chapter is contributed by a preeminent scientist in the field and covers such topics as clinical safety of stem cell gene therapy, the patentability of hESC technologies, international guidelines, challenges to international stem cell clinical trials, worldwide regulations including in emerging markets like China and Taiwan. Saftey, Ethics, and Regulations and the other books in the Stem Cells in Clinical Applications series will be invaluable to scientists, researchers, advanced students and clinicians working in stem cells, regenerative medicine or tissue engineering.

A Transnational Feminist View of Surrogacy Biomarkets in India (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018): Sheela Saravanan A Transnational Feminist View of Surrogacy Biomarkets in India (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Sheela Saravanan
R2,642 Discovery Miles 26 420 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book takes a reproductive justice approach to argue that surrogacy as practised in the contemporary neoliberal biomarkets crosses the humanitarian thresholds of feminism. Drawing on her ethnographic work with surrogate mothers, intended parents and medical practitioners in India, the author shows the dark connections between poverty, gender, human rights violations and indignity in the surrogacy market. In a developing country like India, bio-technologies therefore create reproductive objects of certain female bodies while promoting an image of reproductive liberation for others. India is a classic example for how far these biomarkets can exploit vulnerabilities for individual requirements in the garb of reproductive liberty. This critical book refers to a range of liberal, radical and postcolonial feminist frameworks on surrogacy, and questions the individual reproductive rights perspective as an approach to examine global surrogacy. It introduces 'humanitarian feminism' as an alternative concept to bridge feminist factions divided on contextual and ideological grounds. It hopes to build a global feminist solidarity drawing on a 'reproductive justice' approach by recognizing the histories of race, class, gender, sexuality, ability, age and immigration oppression in all communities. This work is of interest to researchers and students of medical sociology and anthropology, gender studies, bioethics, and development studies.

Making a Case for Stricter Abortion Laws (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Henrik Friberg-Fernros Making a Case for Stricter Abortion Laws (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Henrik Friberg-Fernros
R1,644 Discovery Miles 16 440 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book questions how abortion laws can be regulated in a time when abortion rights are still subject to intense debate. It addresses objections to basing abortion law on considerations of moral risk, presents two anti-abortion arguments - the deprivation argument and the substance view - to demonstrate the risk of permitting abortion, and discusses the moral risk of restricting access to abortion when it may unjustifiably harm women. The author also shows how welfare states can address the negative effects of restrictive abortion laws by preventive, mitigative and compensatory measures. This is a thought-provoking and challenging book that will be of great interest to those considering abortion laws across the fields of medical ethics, bioethics, moral philosophy, law and politics.

Beyond Bioethics - Toward a New Biopolitics (Hardcover): Osagie K. Obasogie, Marcy Darnovsky Beyond Bioethics - Toward a New Biopolitics (Hardcover)
Osagie K. Obasogie, Marcy Darnovsky; Foreword by Troy Duster; Afterword by Patricia J Williams
R2,861 Discovery Miles 28 610 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

For decades, the field of bioethics has shaped the way we think about ethical problems in science, technology, and medicine. But its traditional emphasis on individual interests such as doctor-patient relationships, informed consent, and personal autonomy is minimally helpful in confronting the social and political challenges posed by new human biotechnologies such as assisted reproduction, human genetic modification, and DNA forensics. Beyond Bioethics addresses these provocative issues from an emerging standpoint that is attentive to race, gender, class, disability, privacy, and notions of democracy-a "new biopolitics." This authoritative volume provides an overview for those grappling with the profound dilemmas posed by these developments. It brings together the work of cutting-edge thinkers from diverse fields of study and public engagement, all of them committed to this new perspective grounded in social justice and public interest values.

Reproductive Ethics - New Challenges and Conversations (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Lisa Campo-Engelstein, Paul Burcher Reproductive Ethics - New Challenges and Conversations (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Lisa Campo-Engelstein, Paul Burcher
R5,874 Discovery Miles 58 740 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book summarizes the contributions at an April 2016 conference held at Albany Medical College, Reproductive Ethics: New Challenges and Conversations. Reproductive ethics does not suffer from a lack of challenging issues, yet a few "hot button" issues such as abortion and surrogacy seem to attract most of the attention, while other issues and dilemmas remain relatively underdeveloped in bioethics literature. The goal of this book is to explore and expand the range of topics addressed in reproductive ethics. This is a multi-disciplinary book bringing together philosophers, clinicians, sociologists, anthropologists, and other scholars whose research or clinical interests touch reproductive issues. The results of this compilation are a comprehensive and unique discussion of the evolving issues in the rapidly changing field. The majority of the popular reproductive ethics anthologies were published at least 10 years ago. The field of reproductive ethics would benefit from a new anthology that addresses some of the perennial dilemmas in reproductive ethics (e.g. abortion, sex selection) from updated perspectives and that also covers new technologies that have emerged only in the last few years, such as social egg freezing.

Big Data, Health Law, and Bioethics (Paperback): I. Glenn Cohen, Holly Fernandez Lynch, Effy Vayena, Urs Gasser Big Data, Health Law, and Bioethics (Paperback)
I. Glenn Cohen, Holly Fernandez Lynch, Effy Vayena, Urs Gasser
R2,010 Discovery Miles 20 100 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

When data from all aspects of our lives can be relevant to our health - from our habits at the grocery store and our Google searches to our FitBit data and our medical records - can we really differentiate between big data and health big data? Will health big data be used for good, such as to improve drug safety, or ill, as in insurance discrimination? Will it disrupt health care (and the health care system) as we know it? Will it be possible to protect our health privacy? What barriers will there be to collecting and utilizing health big data? What role should law play, and what ethical concerns may arise? This timely, groundbreaking volume explores these questions and more from a variety of perspectives, examining how law promotes or discourages the use of big data in the health care sphere, and also what we can learn from other sectors.

Evaluating Ethical Frameworks for the Assessment of Human Cognitive Enhancement Applications (Paperback, 1st ed. 2017):... Evaluating Ethical Frameworks for the Assessment of Human Cognitive Enhancement Applications (Paperback, 1st ed. 2017)
Ellen-Marie Forsberg, Clare Shelley-Egan, Erik Thorstensen, Laurens Landeweerd, Bjorn Hofmann
R1,683 Discovery Miles 16 830 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book offers the policy-maker or decision-maker key insights and practical information regarding the features of ethics frameworks best suited to the ethical assessment of human cognitive enhancement (HCE) applications, such as pharmaceutical cognitive enhancers and noninvasive brain stimulation techniques. This book takes as its departure point the entrenched philosophical debate between opponents and proponents of HCE and the increased feasibility of some applications of HCE. Recent calls for policy-making in the area of human enhancement reflect the need to find a balance between addressing current ethical issues and issues that are more speculative in nature or are underpinned by abstract philosophical concepts. Practical ethical approaches for policy or decision-making should enable the development of an evidence base for the risks and benefits of HCE applications. Moreover, such practical approaches should also incorporate a broader range of value bases that would facilitate convergence regarding certain decisions and judgements. This book identifies and evaluate tools that help us to go beyond polarised philosophical debates in order to assist practical decision makers in concrete ethical deliberation and decision-making. The focus is on systematic methods with which to identify relevant ethical values and assess the impacts of an HCE application on those values in order to facilitate decision-making regarding the ethical acceptability or desirability of the application.

Post-Trial Access to Drugs in Developing Nations - Global Health Justice (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Evaristus Chiedu Obi Post-Trial Access to Drugs in Developing Nations - Global Health Justice (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Evaristus Chiedu Obi
R2,675 Discovery Miles 26 750 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book begins the discourse on post-trial access to drugs in developing countries. Underlying ethical issues in global health inequalities and global health research serve as the context of the debate. Due to rampant allegations of violations of rights of research participants, especially in developing countries, it discusses the regulatory infrastructure and ethical oversight of international clinical research, thus emphasizing the priority of safeguarding the rights of research participants and host populations as desiderata in conducting clinical trials in developing countries. This is the first book that analyzes the major obstacles of affordable access to drugs in developing countries - patent and non-patent factors and how they can be overcome through a middle ground approach and a new paradigm to establish global health justice which includes national and global health responsibilities. The book also deals extensively with all complex aspects of the discourse on affordable access to drugs in developing countries, including intellectual property law, international regulations, political and cultural systems, international trade agreements. Furthermore it contains a robust ethical debate and in-depth analysis. The book crafts a paradigm of global health justice involving a sliding scale of national and global responsibilities for the realization of the right to health in general and access to drugs in particular.

Personal Identity as a Principle of Biomedical Ethics (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Michael Quante Personal Identity as a Principle of Biomedical Ethics (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Michael Quante
R3,883 Discovery Miles 38 830 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book brings together the debate concerning personal identity (in metaphysics) and central topics in biomedical ethics (conception of birth and death; autonomy, living wills and paternalism). Based on a metaphysical account of personal identity in the sense of persistence and conditions for human beings, conceptions for beginning of life, and death are developed. Based on a biographical account of personality, normative questions concerning autonomy, euthanasia, living wills and medical paternalism are dealt with. By these means the book shows that "personal identity" has different meanings which have to be distinguished so that human persistence and personality can be used to deal with central questions in biomedical ethics.

Mythologies of Transhumanism (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Michael Hauskeller Mythologies of Transhumanism (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Michael Hauskeller
R3,651 Discovery Miles 36 510 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book examines the dependence of transhumanist arguments on the credibility of the narratives of meaning in which they are embedded. By taking the key ideas from transhumanist philosophy - the desirability of human self-design and immortality, the elimination of all suffering and the expansion of human autonomy - Michael Hauskeller explores these narratives and the understanding of human nature that informs them. Particular attention is paid to the theory of transhumanism as a form of utopia, stories of human nature, the increasing integration of the radical human enhancement project into the cultural mainstream, and the drive to upgrade from flesh to machine.

Normative and Pragmatic Dimensions of Genetic Counseling - Negotiating Genetics and Ethics (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Joseph B.... Normative and Pragmatic Dimensions of Genetic Counseling - Negotiating Genetics and Ethics (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Joseph B. Fanning
R3,316 Discovery Miles 33 160 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book provides an elaboration and evaluation of the dominant conceptions of genetic counseling as they are accounted for in three different models: the teaching model; the psychotherapeutic model; and the responsibility model. The elaboration of these models involves an identification of the larger traditions, visions and theories of communication that underwrite them; the evaluation entails an assessment of each model's theses and ultimately a comparison of their adequacy in response to two important concerns in genetic counseling: the contested values of non-directiveness and the recognition of differences across perspectives, with special focus on how religious and spiritual beliefs of patients are coordinated with the networks of meaning in genetics. Several insights are made explicit in this project through the work of Robert Brandom. Brandom's deontic scorekeeping model demonstrates how dialogue is at the root of grasping a conceptual content. Against this backdrop, professional communications such as genetic counseling can be seen as late developments in linguistic practices that have structural challenges. Brandom's model reminds us that the professional needs the client's understanding to grasp conceptual content in a particular context.

Epigenetics - Ethical, Legal and Social Aspects (Paperback, 1st ed. 2017): Reinhard Heil, Stefanie B Seitz, Harald Koenig,... Epigenetics - Ethical, Legal and Social Aspects (Paperback, 1st ed. 2017)
Reinhard Heil, Stefanie B Seitz, Harald Koenig, Jurgen Robienski
R2,369 Discovery Miles 23 690 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Modern epigenetics unites scientists from life sciences, organic chemistry as well as computer and engineering sciences to find an answer to the question of how environmental influences can have a lasting effect on gene expression, maybe even into the next generations. This volume examines from an interdisciplinary perspective the ethical, legal and social aspects of epigenetics.

Bioethical Decision Making and Argumentation (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Pedro Serna, Jose Antonio Seoane Bioethical Decision Making and Argumentation (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Pedro Serna, Jose Antonio Seoane
R3,304 Discovery Miles 33 040 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book clarifies the meaning of the most important and pervasive concepts and tools in bioethical argumentation (principles, values, dignity, rights, duties, deliberation, prudence) and assesses the methodological suitability of the main methods for clinical decision-making and argumentation. The first part of the book is devoted to the most developed or promising approaches regarding bioethical argumentation, namely those based on principles, values and human rights. The authors then continue to deal with the contributions and shortcomings of these approaches and suggest further developments by means of substantive and procedural elements and concepts from practical philosophy, normative systems theory, theory of action, human rights and legal argumentation. Furthermore, new models of biomedical and health care decision-making, which overcome the aforementioned criticism and stress the relevance of the argumentative responsibility, are included.

Life and Death Decisions in the Clinical Setting - Moral decision making through dialogic consensus (Paperback, 1st ed. 2017):... Life and Death Decisions in the Clinical Setting - Moral decision making through dialogic consensus (Paperback, 1st ed. 2017)
Paul Walker, Terence Lovat
R1,832 Discovery Miles 18 320 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book moves away from the frameworks that have traditionally guided ethical decision-making in the Western clinical setting, towards an inclusive, non-coercive and, reflective dialogic approach to moral decision-making. Inspired in part by Jurgen Habermas's discourse theory of morality and principles of communicative action, the book offers a proportionist approach as a way of balancing out the wisdom in traditional frameworks, set in the actual reality of the clinical situation at hand. Putting this approach into practice requires having a conversation, a dialogue or a discourse, with collaboration amongst all the stakeholders. The aim of the dialogue is to reach consensus in the decision, via mutual understanding of the values held by the patient and others whom they see as significant. This book aims to underscore the moral philosophical foundations for having a meaningful conversation. Life and Death Decision in the Clinical Setting is especially relevant in our contemporary era, characterised medically by an ever-increasing armamentarium of life-sustaining technology, but also by increasing multiculturalism, a multiplicity of faiths, and increasing value pluralism.

A Critical Examination of Ethics in Health Care and Biomedical Research - Voices and Visions (Paperback, Softcover reprint of... A Critical Examination of Ethics in Health Care and Biomedical Research - Voices and Visions (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015)
Richard M. Zaner
R2,094 Discovery Miles 20 940 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book is a critical examination of certain basic issues and themes crucial to understanding how ethics currently interfaces with health care and biomedical research. Beginning with an overview of the field, it proceeds through a delineation of such key notions as trust and uncertainty, dialogue involving talk and listening, the vulnerability of the patient against the asymmetric power of the health professional, along with professional and individual responsibility. It emphasizes several themes fundamental to ethics and health care: (1) the work of ethics requires strict focus on the specific situational understanding of each involved person. (2) Moral issues, at least those intrinsic to each clinical encounter, are presented solely within the contexts of their actual occurrence; therefore, ethics must not only be practical but empirical in its approach. (3) Each particular situation is in its own way imprecise and uncertain and the different types and dimensions of imprecision and uncertainty are critical for everyone involved. (4) Finally, medicine and health care more broadly are governed by the effort to make sense of the healer’s experiences with the patient, whose own experiences and interpretations are ingredient to what the healer seeks to understand and eventually treat. In addition to providing a way to develop ethical considerations in clinical life and research projects, the book proposes that narratives provide the finest way to state and grapple with these themes and issues, whether in classrooms or real-life situations. It concludes with a prospective analysis of newly emerging issues presented by and within the new genetics, which, together within a focus on the phenomenon of birth, leads to an clearer understanding of human life.

Equitable Access to Human Biological Resources in Developing Countries - Benefit Sharing Without Undue Inducement (Paperback,... Equitable Access to Human Biological Resources in Developing Countries - Benefit Sharing Without Undue Inducement (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016)
Roger Scarlin Chennells
R3,496 Discovery Miles 34 960 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The main question explored by the book is: How can cross-border access to human genetic resources, such as blood or DNA samples, be governed in such a way as to achieve equity for vulnerable populations in developing countries? The book situates the field of genomic and genetic research within global health and research frameworks, describing the concerns that have been raised about the potential unfairness in exchanges during recent decades. Access to and sharing in the benefits of human biological resources are aspects not regulated by any international legal framework such as the Convention on Biological Diversity, which applies only to the exchange of plants, animals and microorganisms, as well as to associated traditional knowledge. Examples of genetic research perceived as exploitative are provided in order to illustrate the legal vacuum concerning the global governance of human genetic resources. The main conclusions drawn from the legal and ethical analysis are: • Benefit sharing is crucial in order to avoid the exploitation of developing countries in human genetic research. • With functioning research ethics committees, undue inducement is less of a concern in genetic research than in other areas of medical research (e.g. clinical trials). • Concerns remain over research involving indigenous populations; accordingly, recommendations are provided. In drawing these conclusions, the book addresses in detail a highly pressing topic in global bioethics and international law. In this regard, it combines bioethical arguments with jurisprudence, in particular with reference to the law of equity and the legal concepts of duress (coercion), unconscionable dealing, and undue inducement.

Big Picture Bioethics: Developing Democratic Policy in Contested Domains (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Susan Dodds, Rachel A.... Big Picture Bioethics: Developing Democratic Policy in Contested Domains (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Susan Dodds, Rachel A. Ankeny
R1,552 Discovery Miles 15 520 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book addresses the problem of how to make democratically-legitimate public policy on issues of contentious bioethical debate. It focuses on ethical contests about research and their legitimate resolution, while addressing questions of political legitimacy. How should states make public policy on issues where there is ethical disagreement, not only about appropriate outcomes, but even what values are at stake? What constitutes justified, democratic policy in such conflicted domains? Case studies from Canada and Australia demonstrate that two countries sharing historical and institutional characteristics can reach different policy responses. This book is of interest to policymakers, bioethicists, and philosophers, and will deepen our understanding of the interactions between large-scale socio-political forces and detailed policy problems in bioethics. asdf

Contemporary Bioethics - Islamic Perspective (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015): Mohammed Ali Al-Bar,... Contemporary Bioethics - Islamic Perspective (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015)
Mohammed Ali Al-Bar, Hassan Chamsi-Pasha
R2,448 Discovery Miles 24 480 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book discusses the common principles of morality and ethics derived from divinely endowed intuitive reason through the creation of al-fitr' a (nature) and human intellect (al-‘aql). Biomedical topics are presented and ethical issues related to topics such as genetic testing, assisted reproduction and organ transplantation are discussed. Whereas these natural sources are God’s special gifts to human beings, God’s revelation as given to the prophets is the supernatural source of divine guidance through which human communities have been guided at all times through history. The second part of the book concentrates on the objectives of Islamic religious practice – the maqa' sid – which include: Preservation of Faith, Preservation of Life, Preservation of Mind (intellect and reason), Preservation of Progeny (al-nasl) and Preservation of Property. Lastly, the third part of the book discusses selected topical issues, including abortion, assisted reproduction devices, genetics, organ transplantation, brain death and end-of-life aspects. For each topic, the current medical evidence is followed by a detailed discussion of the ethical issues involved.

Individualized Medicine - Ethical, Economical and Historical Perspectives (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed.... Individualized Medicine - Ethical, Economical and Historical Perspectives (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015)
Tobias Fischer, Martin Langanke, Paul Marschall, Susanne Michl
R5,350 Discovery Miles 53 500 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In 2009 the University Medicine Greifswald launched the “Greifswald Approach to Individualized Medicine” (GANI_MED) to implement biomarker-based individualized diagnostic and therapeutic strategies in clinical settings. Individualized Medicine (IM) has led not only to controversies about its potentials, but also about its societal, ethical and health economic implications. This anthology focusses on these areas and includes – next to clinical examples illustrating how the integrated analysis of biomarkers leads to significant improvement of therapeutic outcomes for a subgroup of patients – chapters about the definition, history and epistemology of IM. Additionally there is a focus on conceptual philosophical questions as well as challenges for applied research ethics (informed consent process, the IT-based consent management and the handling of incidental findings). Finally it pays attention to health economic aspects. The possibilities of IM to initiate a paradigm shift in the German health care provision are investigated. Furthermore, it is asked whether the G-DRG system is ready for the implementation of such approaches into clinical routine.

Ethical Issues in Behavioral Neuroscience (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015): Grace Lee, Judy Illes,... Ethical Issues in Behavioral Neuroscience (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015)
Grace Lee, Judy Illes, Frauke Ohl
R5,313 Discovery Miles 53 130 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Behavioral neuroscience encompasses the disciplines of neurobiology and psychology to study mechanisms of behavior. This volume provides a contemporary overview of the current state of how ethics informs behavioral neuroscience research. There is dual emphasis on ethical challenges in experimental animal approaches and in clinical and nonclinical research involving human participants.

Nanoethics and Nanotoxicology (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2011): Philippe Houdy, Marcel Lahmani,... Nanoethics and Nanotoxicology (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2011)
Philippe Houdy, Marcel Lahmani, Francelyne Marano
R4,313 Discovery Miles 43 130 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Nanobiotechnology is a fast developing field of research and application in many domains such as in medicine, pharmacy, cosmetics and agro-industry. The book addresses the lastest fundamental results on nanotoxicology and nanoethics, and the enormous range of potential applications in the fields of medical diagnostics, nanomedicine, and food and water administration. Nanoscale objects have properties leading to specific kinds of behaviour, sometimes exacerbating their chemical reactivity, physical behaviour, or potential to penetrate deeply within living organisms. Hence it is important to ensure the responsible and safe development of nanomaterials and nanotechnologies. This fourth volume in the Nanoscience series should make its mark, by presenting the state of the art in the fields of nanotoxicology and nanoethics. This is the first book to combine both scientific knowledge and ethical and social recommendations. It also presents specific policies on nanotechnologies set up by national and international authorities. This book is of interest to engineers, researchers, and graduate students.

Animals, Work, and the Promise of Interspecies Solidarity (Paperback, 1st ed. 2016): Kendra Coulter Animals, Work, and the Promise of Interspecies Solidarity (Paperback, 1st ed. 2016)
Kendra Coulter
R2,239 Discovery Miles 22 390 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In this thought-provoking and innovative book, Kendra Coulter examines the diversity of work done with, by, and for animals. Interweaving human-animal studies, labor theories and research, and feminist political economy, Coulter develops a unique analysis of the accomplishments, complexities, problems, and possibilities of multispecies and interspecies labor. She fosters a nuanced, multi-faceted approach to labor that takes human and animal well-being seriously, and that challenges readers to not only think deeply and differently about animals and work, but to reflect on the potential for interspecies solidarity. The result is an engaging, expansive, and path-making text.

New Perspectives on Paternalism and Health Care (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015): Thomas Schramme New Perspectives on Paternalism and Health Care (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015)
Thomas Schramme
R2,408 Discovery Miles 24 080 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This work sets the stage regarding debates about paternalism and health care for years to come. The anthology is organized around four parts: i) The concept of paternalism and theoretical issues regarding the idea of anti-paternalism, ii) strategies for justifying different forms of paternalism, iii) paternalism in psychiatry and psychotherapy, iv) paternalism and public health, and v) paternalism and reproductive medicine. Medical paternalism was arguably one of the main drivers of debates in medical ethics and has led to a wide acknowledgement of the value of patient autonomy. However, more recent developments in health care, such as the increasing significance of public health measures and the commercialization of medical services, have led to new social circumstances and hence to the need to rethink issues regarding paternalism. This work provides an invaluable source for many scholars and practitioners, since it deals in new and original ways with one of the main and oldest issue in health care ethics.

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