Bioethics Yearbook -

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Résumé :
Bioethics in the United States.- Bioethics in Canada.- Bioethics in Latin America.- Bioethics in a Supranational European Context.- Bioethics in the United Kingdom and Ireland.- Bioethics in France.- Bioethics in The Netherlands.- Bioethics in German-Speaking Western European Countries: Austria, Germany, Switzerland.- Bioethics Developments Will Come Later in the New Eastern Europe.- Bioethics in Spain, Portugal, and Italy.- Bioethics in Scandinavia.- Bioethical Developments in India.- Bioethics in Southeast Asia.- Bioethics in China.- Bioethics in Japan.- Bioethics in Australia and New Zealand.- Notes on Contributors.- Index of Topics.- Index of Authors, Cases, Documents, and Legislation....

Biographie:
Case law and court judgments that shape, either decisively or suggestively, recent legal interpretations of particular issues of areas in bioethics...

Sommaire:
As noted in Volume 1, the Yearbook series alternates between a biennial volume tracing recent theological discussions on topics in bioethics and a biennial volume tracing recent regional discussions in bioethics. Volume 2 provides for the first time a comprehensive single-volume summary of recent international and regional developments on specific topics in bioethics. To give uniformity to the discussions all authors were asked to report on the following topics: new reproductive technologies, abortion, maternal-fetal conflicts, case of severely disabled newborns, consent of treatment and experimentation, confidentiality, equitable access to health care, ethical concerns raised by cost-containment measures, decisions to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment, active euthanasia, the definition of death, organ donation and transplantation. The internationally respected contributors report on the following 16 areas: the United States, Canada, Latin America, the United Kingdom and Ireland, France, the Netherlands, Germany/Austria/Switzerland, Eastern Europe, Spain/Portugal/Italy/Scandinavia, India, Southeast Asia, China, Japan, Australia/New Zealand, Council of Europe/EEC. The commentators draw on three sets of resources: Statutes, legislative proposals, and regulatory changes that directly influence, or have implications for, areas of bioethical concern...