American Bioethics: Crossing Human Rights and Health Law Boundaries

by George J. Annas

Book Overview

Bioethics was "born in the USA" and the values American bioethics embrace are based on American law, including liberty and justice. This book crosses the borders between bioethics and law, but moves beyond the domestic law/bioethics struggles for dominance by exploring attempts to articulate universal principles based on international human rights. The isolationism of bioethics in the US is not tenable in the wake of scientific triumphs like decoding...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195390296
• ISBN13: 9780195390292
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"