As noted in Volume 1, the Yearbook series alternates between a
biennial volume tracing recent theological discussions on topics in
bioethics and a biennial volume tracing recent regional discussions
in bioethics. Volume 2 provides for the first time a comprehensive
single-volume summary of recent international and regional
developments on specific topics in bioethics. To give uniformity to
the discussions all authors were asked to report on the following
topics: new reproductive technologies, abortion, maternal-fetal
conflicts, case of severely disabled newborns, consent of treatment
and experimentation, confidentiality, equitable access to health
care, ethical concerns raised by cost-containment measures,
decisions to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment, active
euthanasia, the definition of death, organ donation and
transplantation. The internationally respected contributors report
on the following 16 areas: the United States, Canada, Latin
America, the United Kingdom and Ireland, France, the Netherlands,
Germany/Austria/Switzerland, Eastern Europe,
Spain/Portugal/Italy/Scandinavia, India, Southeast Asia, China,
Japan, Australia/New Zealand, Council of Europe/EEC. The
commentators draw on three sets of resources: Statutes, legislative
proposals, and regulatory changes that directly influence, or have
implications for, areas of bioethical concern; Case law and court
judgments that shape, either decisively or suggestively, recent
legal interpretations of particular issues of areas in bioethics;
Formal statements of governmentally appointed commissions, advisory
bodies, and representative professional groups, as well as less
formal statements and recommendations of other organisations. In
addition to providing timely summaries of recent developments, the
volume offers rich and useful bibliographical references to a wide
array of documents, many of which would be difficult for readers to
learn about, given the lack of centralized international collection
of such documents. The Yearbook should be widely consulted by all
bioethicists, public policy analysts, lawyers and theologians.
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