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Children's bioethics : the international biopolitical discourse on harmful traditional practices and the right of the child to cultural identity /

In this work, Maya Sabatello looks at the "body politics" of religious and cultural medical practices - from "harmful traditional practices" to genetic engineering. Building on literature from medical anthropology, cultural studies, disability studies, social sciences, and law, s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sabatello, Maya
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Using international human rights framework to study bioethics
  • Children's bioethics in the Convention on the Rights of the Child : historical overview of the drafting process
  • Traditional bodily practices : case studies
  • Children's bioethics and the framework of analysis
  • Biomedical practices and the child : rights in question
  • Rights discourse, children and bioethics
  • Broadening the lens : genetic manipulation
  • Conclusion.