Ethics in Global Health

Research, Policy, and Practice
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-0-19-989045-3
Verlag: OUP US

Buch, Englisch, 432 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 813 g

This is a collection of Ruth Macklin's previously published articles that appeared in scholarly journals or as chapters in books. Dr. Macklin's pioneering work in ethics and global health spans more than two decades. The articles in this volume range from a chapter in a book published in 1989 to a journal article currently in press. The essays fall into two broad categories: policy and practice, and multinational research. Topics in the first category include
cultural beliefs and attitudes regarding family planning, long-acting contraception, abortion, and more broadly, policies and practices affecting women's health. Two essays dealing with justice focus on HIV/AIDS: how developing country governments might distribute medications fairly to all who are in
need; and what obligations do industrialized countries and world leaders have to provide affordable medications to developing countries. A theme that runs throughout the essays is a defense of the universality of ethical principles, despite cultural differences that exist around the globe. The section on multinational research includes articles on international ethics guidance documents, such as the Declaration of Helsinki; discussion of the obligations of researchers and sponsors when they
conduct research in developing countries; what constitutes exploitation when research is conducted in resource-poor countries; and, as in the first section of the book, the application of universal ethical principles to the global research enterprise. The author criticizes the view that double
standards in research are acceptable: one standard for rich countries, and a lower standard for developing countries. Several essays deal with sensitive and controversial ethical aspects of research on reproductive health and HIV/AIDS.

Zielgruppe

Scholars and students in bioethics and the burgeoning field of global health.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Macklin, Ruth

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Medizinische Ethik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinische Ethik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Acknowledgments
Part One Policy and Practice
ONE Ethics and Human Values in Family Planning: Perspectives of Different Cultural and Religious Settings
TWO Abortion Controversies: Ethics, Politics, and Religion
THREE Cultural Difference and Long-Acting Contraception

FOUR Respect for Tradition
FIVE Ethics and Equity in Access to HIV Treatment: 3 by 5 Initiative

SIX Affordable and Accessible Drugs for Developing Countries: Recent

Developments
SEVEN Global Inequalities in Women's Health: Who Is Responsible for Doing What?

EIGHT Toward a Theory of Vulnerability
Part Two Multinational Research
NINE Universality of the Nuremberg Code
TEN A Defense of Fundamental Principles and Human Rights: A Response to Baker

ELEVEN Justice in International Research
TWELVE Is Ethics Universal? Gender, Science, and Culture in Reproductive Health Research
THIRTEEN After Helsinki: Unresolved Issues in International Research
FOURTEEN Four Forward-looking Guidance Points
FIFTEEN Avoiding Exploitation
SIXTEEN Yet Another Guideline? The UNESCO Draft Declaration
SEVENTEEN Appropriate Ethical Standards
EIGHTEEN The Declaration of Helsinki: another revision
NINETEEN Intertwining Biomedical Research and Public Health in HIV Preventive Microbicide Research
TWENTY Ethical Challenges in HIV Microbicide Research: What Protections Do Women Need

Über Autor(innen)

Macklin, Ruth
Ruth Macklin is Professor of Bioethics in the Department of Epidemiology and Population Health at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, New York, USA. She is author or editor of eleven books and more than 200 publications in journals and books in bioethics, philosophy, medicine, and public health.