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Worst Case Bioethics: Death, Disaster, and Public Health Reprint Edition
Author(s): George J. Annas (Author)
- Publisher: Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
- Publication Date: 29 Jun. 2011
- Edition: Reprint
- Language: English
- Print length: 360 pages
- ISBN-10: 0199840717
- ISBN-13: 9780199840717
Book Description
“Carefully reasoned, clearly articulated, and pulls no punches. . . Boldly tackles the most contentious issues in bioethics and public policy. . . . Worst Case Bioethics is certain to provoke strong responses across disciplines and ideologies on issues of great importance.”- Mark Rothstein, Journal of Legal Medicine” Annas persuasively argues in Worst Case Bioethics that basing policy on extreme nightmare possibilities leads to a distortion of fundamental ethical principles and legal protections.” – Arthur L. Caplan, The Lancet” Worst Case Bioethics offers a valuable consideration of how public health policy is sometimes shaped by fear in a counterproductive manner. The book is well-written, well-reasoned, and persuasive.” – Thomas May, Science
Editorial Reviews
Review
“So the stereotypical charge that international law cannot be enforced for purposes of promoting public health is by and large a product of our frustration with the sloppy, sluggish, and cynical approach to health and human rights. Annas has provided an opportunity to begin this debate anew by using domestic cases and topics to illustrate that human rights is central to securing our individual and population health.”
“George Annas examines worst case scenarios in the American context and assesses their impacts on individuals, physicians and the government. He wistfully discusses the diverging views on disconcerting topics such as death and disaster.” — Medicine, Health Care, and Philosophy
About the Author
George Annas is William Fairfield Warren Professor at Boston University and Chair of the Department of Health Law, Bioethics & Human Rights, Boston University School of Public Health. He is also Professor in the Boston University schools of Medicine and Law. He is the co-founder of Global Lawyers and Physicians, a transnational group that promotes human rights and health. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a member of the Institute of Medicine, and a member of the National Academies’ Human Rights Committee.
