Matjaž Zwitter 2019 In a concise phrase, the message of this book is: how to be a good physician Many have written about ethics: philosophers, theologians, journalists, politicians, economists, and others. This book about ethics is written by a physician. Day by day, year by year, physicians experience the distress of people who find themselves at […]

Monty Nelson · Marguerite Trussler Editors 2016 International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine Volume 63 The origins of this edited volume began in 2013. As part of a Canadian delegation of clinicians and judges spearheaded by Mr. Neil Skinner, executive legal counsel to the Provincial Court of Alberta, we attended the 33rd Congress of […]

Joseph Tham • Alberto Garcia • Gonzalo Miranda Editors 2014 Advancing Global Bioethics Volume 2 Director, UNESCO Chair in Bioethics and Human Rights A silent and invisible power is present when people from different backgrounds and belief systems gather in an environment of mutual respect while searching for what they have in common.

Shabih H. Zaidi 2014 Medical science has been around for a long time; in fact, it has probably existed since the first man became sick. Over time it has evolved and become specialised. The medical profession is one of the most respectable ones in the world. Due to the nature of its work, curing bodies […]

Nuria Homedes • Antonio Ugalde Editors 2014 This important, collaborative book describes current aspects of clinical research in Latin American countries from regulatory, operational, and cultural perspectives. The opportunity to write the introduction makes me very happy, for the following reasons: • It allows me to continue to be a part of the story of […]

Peter Ikechukwu Osuji 2014 Advancing Global Bioethics Volume 3 The Western liberal approach to informed consent defines autonomy as an independent choice or decision made by an individual as the final authority in medical decision-making. This approach is so dominant that one can fail to see the merits of other traditional and cultural perspectives.

Leonard Tumaini Chuwa 2014 Advancing Global Bioethics Volume 1 Interpreting Ubuntu Ubuntu is a worldview and a way of life shared by most Africans south of Sahara. Basically Ubuntu underlines the often unrecognized role of relatedness and dependence of human individuality to other humans and the cosmos. The importance of relatedness to humanity is summarized […]