An Introduction to Global Health Ethics - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415673526 ISBN 13: 9780415673525

Verlag: Routledge, 2013

Inhaltsangabe

Global health is beset by ethical dilemmas surrounding issues such as health inequalities, power differentials, cultural competence, informed consent, and ethics of research. Presenting a solid theoretical foundation for global health work, this text supports students in understanding key areas of concern, ensuring that they are able to practise ethically worldwide. Written in an accessible manner, the book draws on political economy, human rights, and indigenous research methods, as well as cases in clinical work. Designed to encourage further inquiry, it includes discussion questions, lists of recommended resources, and suggested reading.

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Andrew D. Pinto is a family physician and Public Health and Preventive Medicine specialist in the Department of Family and Community Medicine of St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto. He is also a research fellow at the Centre for Research on Inner City Health in the Keenan Research Centre at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute.

Ross E. G. Upshur is the former Director of the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics and a staff physician at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. He is the Canada Research Chair in Primary Care Research and, at the University of Toronto, he is a Professor at the Department of Family and Community Medicine and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Adjunct Scientist at the Institute of Clinical Evaluative Sciences, an affiliate of the Institute of the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology and a member of the Centre for Environment.

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• Verlag: Routledge
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0415673526
• ISBN 13: 9780415673525
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 178
• Herausgeber: Pinto Andrew, Upshur Ross
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: preigu GmbH & Co. KG; mail@preigu.de; ; Lengericher Landstr. 19; Osnabrück; Niedersachsen; 49078; Deutschland