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The human rights, ethical and moral dimensions of health care / by the European Scientific Co-operation Network "Medicine and Human Rights" of the European Federation of Scientific Networks.

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The human rights, ethical and moral dimensions of health care / by the European Scientific Co-operation Network "Medicine and Human Rights" of the European Federation of Scientific Networks.
Publication
Strasbourg : Council of Europe Pub., c1998.

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  • European Scientific Co-operation Network "Medicine and Human Rights"
  • Council of Europe
Description
485 p.; 24 cm.
Summary
Religion and moral philosophy have played an important role through history in establishing fundamental rules of medical ethics. This book examines modern medical issues from these perspectives.
Subject
  • Council of Europe
  • Medical ethics > Europe > Case studies
  • Human rights > Europe
  • Patient Rights > legislation & jurisprudence
  • Bioethical Issues
  • Ethics, Medical
  • Ethics, Nursing
  • International Cooperation
  • Religion and Medicine
  • Religion and Science
Genre/Form
  • Case studies
  • Case studies.
Note
  • "One hundred and twenty cases examined from the standpoint of legal norms, international and European ethics, and the Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist and agnostic moralities, presented as an aid to decision-making and teaching."
  • French edition: La santé face aux droits de l ́homme, à l'́ethique et aux morales--T.p. verso.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Initiation to bioethics / P. Cüer. -- Nursing practice and ethics / C. Pierre-Evrard. -- Rules and principles of international law in the field of health / M. Scalabrino. -- Medical ethics and human rights / H. Anrys. -- The Catholic Church and the exercise of the medical profession / E. Sgreccia. -- Bioethics and Protestantism / J.-F. Collange. -- Jewish morality with respect to medicine and biotechnology / A. Guigui. -- Islam and bioethics / F. Ben Hamida. -- Buddhism and the right to respect of the person in the face of risks associated with progress in biotechnologies / J. Martin. -- Agnostic thought and human bioethics / H. Caillavet. -- An international view of patients' rights / A. Piga Rivero and T. Alfonso Galán. -- The cases and arguments.
ISBN
9287130558
LCCN
^^^98159233^
OCLC
39129288
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library