Reproductive Health and Human Rights

Integrating Medicine, Ethics, and Law
Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-19-924133-0
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 584 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 878 g

Reihe: Issues in Biomedical Ethics

This is an introduction to and defence of the concept of reproductive health. The authors analyse 15 cases from different countries and cultures, and explore options for resolution. The aim is to equip readers to fashion solutions in their own health care circumstances, compatibly with ethical, legal and human rights principles.

The concept of reproductive health promises to play a crucial role in improving health care provision and legal protection for women around the world. This is an authoritative introduction to and defence of the concept, which though internationally endorsed is still contested by conservative agencies.;The authors are leading authorities on reproductive medicine, women's health, human rights, medical law and bioethics: they integrate their disciplines to provide an accessible but comprehensive picture. They analyse cases from different countries and cultures, and suggest options for resolution. The aim is to equip readers to fashion solutions in their own health care circumstances, compatibly with ethical and human rights principles.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cook, Rebecca J.

Dickens, Bernard M.

Fathalla, Mahmoud F.

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Beziehungen des Rechts zu anderen Disziplinen
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinische Ethik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• 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 Vorklinische Medizin: Grundlagenfächer Reproduktionsmedizin
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinrecht, Gesundheitsrecht
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Gynäkologie, Geburtshilfe

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword; 1. Introduction and Overview; 2. REPRODUCTIVE AND SEXUAL HEALTH; 3. Health Care Systems; 4. Ethics; 5. Legal Origins and Principles; 6. Human Rights Principles; 7. Implementation of Legal and Human Rights Principles; A. OVERVIEW; B. CASE STUDIES

Über Autor(innen)

(Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Assiut University, Egypt)