Autonomy and Human Rights in Health Care: An International Perspective

- Contributors

- Acknowledgements

- Preface

- Contributors

- Introduction- Health Care, Human Rights, and Social Policy.-Evolving Bioethics and International Human Rights

- Dignity, Rights, Health Care, and Human Flourishing.-Human Rights: The Ethics of Globalization

- Human Rights and the Right to Health Care.-Religion, International Human Rights and Women's Health: Synthesizing Principles and Politics

- The Limitations and Accomplishments of Autonomy as a Basic Principle in Bioethics and Biolaw

- Person and Human Being in Bioethics and Biolaw

- Welfare Rights and Health Care

- Autonomy and the rights of minors

- Domestic Violence

- Balancing Autonomy and Traditional Values in Treating Terminally Ill Patients: Towards Locating the Right Questions for Japan

- Culture, Community or Rights

- Bioethics between Nature and Culture

- Medical Practice as the Primary Context for Medical Ethics

- Euthanasia and Muticulturalism

- International Law and Genetic Couselling

- International Perspective on Organ Donation

- Justice in the Distribution of Transplant Organs

- Human Cloning and Human Dignity

- Accessing Health Care Resources: Economic, Medical, Ethical and Socio-Legal Challenges

- Mental Health Rights: The Relation between Constitution and Bioethics

- The 'Vulnerability' Quagmire in International Research

- Human Rights, Health Care and Biomedical Innovation: Confronting the Research Imperative

- The Rights to Die and the Duty to Save: a Reflection on Ethical Presuppositions in Suicide Research

- The Right to Bodily Security Vis--Vis the Needs of Others

- Index

From the reviews:

"The concept of autonomy, as intended in the traditional Anglo-American bioethical discourse, is extensively discussed in the book ... . The contributions presented in the book are of interest for students and scholars trained in law, bioethics, and health care. The anthology can also represent a good basis for people who wish to start studying human rights in a clinical or research context. Thanks to the ability of the authors ... they are written clearly enough to be understandable to non-specialists as well."­­­ (Corinna Porteri, Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics, Vol. 31, March, 2010)

"This is a rich, powerful collection of essays dealing with important issues facing modern health care. ... begins with a series of excellent essays on human rights which explores the relationship of human rights, social policy and health care. ... The essays themselves are inspired by his work. ... This volume is a fitting testimony to his concerns and commitment, as the questions of human dignity have and will continue to play a central role in our debates about new, revolutionary health care technologies."­­­ (Kevin Wm. Wildes, Human Rights Reviews, Vol. 12, 2011)