Efnisyfirlit

• Front Matter
  • DEDICATION
  • INTRODUCTION
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • THE AUTHOR
• CHAPTER ONE ETHICAL THEORIES AND BIOETHICS IN A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
  • LEARNING OBJECTIVES
  • THEORIES OF ETHICS
  • ARE THEORIES OF ETHICS GLOBAL?
    • EXCERPT FROM “ACCOUNTING FOR CULTURE IN A GLOBALIZED BIOETHICS”
      • Bioethics' Reluctant Engagement with Social Context and Cultural Difference
      • Cultural Analysis: Adding a Reflexive Critique of Bioethics
      • Is There a Common Morality?
      • Looking Ahead in Bioethics
        • Attention to Social Justice and Human Rights
        • Attention to Social Context
      • Conclusion
  • CAN THEORIES OF ETHICS ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DO THE RIGHT THING?
  • SUMMARY
  • KEY TERMS
  • DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
    • ACTIVITY: BUILDING AND OPERATING A NEW HOSPITAL IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRY
• CHAPTER TWO AUTONOMY AND INFORMED CONSENT IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
  • LEARNING OBJECTIVES
  • ETHICAL PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICAL ISSUES OF INFORMED CONSENT
    • EXCERPT FROM “PATIENTS' PERCEPTION AND ACTUAL PRACTICE OF INFORMED CONSENT, PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY IN GENERAL MEDICAL OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENTS OF TWO TERTIARY CARE HOSPITALS OF LAHORE”
      • Introduction
      • Materials and Methods
      • Results
      • Discussion
      • Conclusion
  • DOES INFORMED CONSENT REALLY MATTER TO PATIENTS?
  • IS INFORMED CONSENT A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OR A CULTURAL VALUE?
  • SUMMARY
  • KEY TERMS
  • DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
    • ACTIVITY: INFORMED CONSENT AT A RURAL HEALTH FACILITY IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRY
• CHAPTER THREE WITHHOLDING OR WITHDRAWING TREATMENT AND PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE
  • LEARNING OBJECTIVES
  • WITHHOLDING OR WITHDRAWING TREATMENT AT THE END OF LIFE
  • ASSISTING PATIENTS IN COMMITTING SUICIDE
    • EXCERPT FROM “PHYSICIANS' EXPERIENCES WITH END-OF-LIFE DECISION-MAKING: SURVEY IN 6 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND AUSTRALIA”
      • Background
      • Methods
      • Discussion
      • Conclusion
  • SUMMARY
  • KEY TERMS
  • DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
    • ACTIVITY: DEVELOPING AN ETHICS POLICY ON WITHHOLDING OR WITHDRAWING TREATMENT AND PAS
• CHAPTER FOUR ETHICAL ISSUES IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
  • LEARNING OBJECTIVES
  • ETHICS OF ABORTION IN DIFFERENT TIMES, PLACES, AND CULTURES
  • CURRENT ETHICAL ISSUES IN ABORTION
  • ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND STEM CELL RESEARCH
  • EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION
  • ETHICS OF IMPOSING CONDITIONS ON FUNDING
    • MEMORANDUM OF JANUARY 23, 2009: MEXICO CITY POLICY AND ASSISTANCE FOR VOLUNTARY POPULATION PLANNING
      • Memorandum for the Secretary of State [and] the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development
  • SUMMARY
  • KEY TERMS
  • DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
    • ACTIVITY: THE ETHICS OF EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION IN GOUANASTAN
• CHAPTER FIVE ETHICAL ISSUES OF FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION
  • LEARNING OBJECTIVES
  • THE FACTS ABOUT FGM
    • EXCERPT FROM “PERCEPTION OF PRIMARY HEALTH PROFESSIONALS ABOUT FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION: FROM HEALTHCARE TO INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE”
      • Background...
      • Methods
      • Results
      • Discussion
      • Conclusion
  • FGM AS A CHALLENGE TO ETHICAL RELATIVISM
  • ETHICS OF FGM FOR ADULT WOMEN
  • SUMMARY
  • KEY TERMS
  • DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
    • ACTIVITY: DEVELOPING A HOSPITAL POLICY ON FGM
• CHAPTER SIX ETHICAL ISSUES OF RESEARCH WITH HUMAN SUBJECTS
  • LEARNING OBJECTIVES
  • BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND THE BELMONT REPORT
    • THE BELMONT REPORT: ETHICAL PRINCIPLES AND GUIDELINES FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS OF RESEARCH
      • Part B: Basic Ethical Principles
      • Part C: Applications
  • AUTONOMY AND VOLUNTARY INFORMED CONSENT
  • BENEFICENCE AND COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS
  • ISSUES OF JUSTICE AND FAIRNESS FOR HUMAN SUBJECTS
    • EXCERPT FROM “THE TENOFOVIR TRIAL CONTROVERSY IN CAMBODIA: CAN A TRIAL BE CONSIDERED ETHICAL IF THERE IS NO LONG-TERM POST-TRIAL CARE?”
      • What WNU wants
  • SUMMARY
  • KEY TERMS
  • DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
    • ACTIVITY: THE USE OF PRISONERS AS SUBJECTS OF RESEARCH
• CHAPTER SEVEN THE RIGHT TO HEALTH CARE AND ETHICAL OBLIGATIONS TO PROVIDE CARE
  • LEARNING OBJECTIVES
  • IS THERE AN ETHICAL RIGHT TO HEALTH CARE?
  • ETHICAL OBLIGATIONS OF HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS
  • ETHICAL OBLIGATIONS OF FOR-PROFIT HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
  • SUMMARY
  • KEY TERMS
  • DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
    • ACTIVITY: DEVELOPING A POLICY ON THE OBLIGATIONS OF HEALTH CARE EMPLOYEES TO WORK DURING AN EMERGENCY
• CHAPTER EIGHT ETHICAL ISSUES IN RATIONING AND ALLOCATION OF LIMITED RESOURCES
  • LEARNING OBJECTIVES
  • LEVELS OF ALLOCATING RESOURCES
    • FIGURE 8.1 Decision Tree for Allocating the Resources of a Society
  • METHODS OF RATIONING HEALTH RESOURCES
    • EXCERPT FROM “RATIONING ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY FOR HIV/AIDS IN AFRICA: CHOICES AND CONSEQUENCES”
      • Systems for Rationing
      • Explicit Rationing Systems
      • Implicit Rationing Systems
      • Evaluating the Systems
      • Conclusions...
  • COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH AND COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS
  • SUMMARY
  • KEY TERMS
  • DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
    • ACTIVITY: COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS IN A COUNTRY WITH UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE COVERAGE
• CHAPTER NINE ETHICAL ISSUES OF HEALTH INSURANCE AND HEALTH SYSTEM REFORM
  • LEARNING OBJECTIVES
  • ETHICAL ISSUES IN FINANCING HEALTH SERVICES AND DESIGNING INSURANCE SYSTEMS
  • FUNDAMENTAL VALUES OF HEALTH SYSTEMS
    • EXCERPT FROM “INFORMAL RISK-SHARING ARRANGEMENTS (IRSAs) IN RURAL BURKINA FASO: LESSONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITY-BASED INSURANCE (CBI)”
      • Introduction
      • Research Context
        • IRSAs in West Africa and Burkina Faso
        • Mutual Health Institutions and Insurance in Burkina Faso
      • Results
        • Solidarity Networks Based on Kinship, Neighbourhood, Ethnicity or Profession
      • Notions of Solidarity and Reciprocity
      • Solidarity
        • Solidarity in Times of Ill-Health...
      • Discussion and Conclusions
  • SUMMARY
  • KEY TERMS
  • DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
    • ACTIVITY: ESTABLISHING A SYSTEM OF HEALTH COVERAGE IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRY
• CHAPTER TEN ETHICAL ISSUES IN THE MOVEMENT OF PATIENTS ACROSS NATIONAL BORDERS
  • LEARNING OBJECTIVES
  • ETHICAL DUTIES TO PROVIDE HEALTH CARE TO UNDOCUMENTED ALIENS
    • Barriers to Access, Cost Implications, and Provider Response
    • Ethical Analysis of Providing Care for Undocumented Aliens
  • ETHICAL ISSUES IN MEDICAL TOURISM
  • SUMMARY
  • KEY TERMS
  • DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
    • ACTIVITY: DEVELOPING A HOSPITAL POLICY ON UNDOCUMENTED ALIENS
• CHAPTER ELEVEN ETHICAL ISSUES IN THE MOVEMENT OF HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS ACROSS NATIONAL BORDERS
  • LEARNING OBJECTIVES
  • ETHICAL ISSUES IN THE MIGRATION OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
    • EXCERPT FROM “THE ‘BRAIN DRAIN’ OF PHYSICIANS: HISTORICAL ANTECEDENTS TO AN ETHICAL DEBATE, C. 1960–79”
      • Background
      • The Transnational Migration of Physicians, c.1960–79
      • The “Brain Drain” of Physicians from Britain to North America
      • Western Bioethics Meets Global Social Justice
      • Out of Africa
  • PROPOSED SOLUTIONS AND THEIR ETHICAL IMPLICATIOns
  • FAIR TREATMENT OF HEALTH CARE WORKERS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES
  • SUMMARY
  • KEY TERMS
  • DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
    • ACTIVITY: DEVELOPING A CODE OF ETHICAL PRACTICES FOR INTERNATIONAL RECRUITING OF HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL
• CHAPTER TWELVE CORRUPTION AND INFORMAL PAYMENTS IN HEALTH SYSTEMS
  • LEARNING OBJECTIVES
  • PAYMENT OF INFORMAL FEES BY PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES
  • IS CORRUPTION BAD FOR YOUR (AND OTHER PEOPLE'S) HEALTH?
    • EXCERPT FROM “GOOD GOVERNANCE AND GOOD HEALTH: THE ROLE OF SOCIETAL STRUCTURES IN THE HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PANDEMIC”
      • Methods
      • Results
      • Discussion
      • Conclusion
  • SUMMARY
  • KEY TERMS
  • DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
    • ACTIVITY: DEVELOPING A HOSPITAL PLAN TO STOP COLLECTION OF INFORMAL FEES FROM PATIENTS IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRY
• Back Matter
  • REFERENCES
    • Chapter One
    • Chapter Two
    • Chapter Three
    • Chapter Four
    • Chapter Five
    • Chapter Six
    • Chapter Seven
    • Chapter Eight
    • Chapter Nine
    • Chapter Ten
    • Chapter Eleven
    • Chapter Twelve
  • INDEX

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