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African perspectives on some contemporary bioethics problems /

This collection of essays addresses an important cross-section of issues in contemporary bioethics. It represents an essential contribution to global bioethics anchored and grounded on a continent most remarkable for its biological, cultural and linguistic diversity. It is a fitting beginning to add...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tangwa, Godfrey B. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2019.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Fundamental principles of ethics
  • The traditional African perception of a person : some implications for bioethics
  • Giving voice to African thought in medical research ethics
  • Traditional medicine
  • How not to compare Western scientific medicine with African traditional medicine
  • Assisted reproduction technologies (ART) and African sociocultural practices, worldview, belief and value systesms : with particular reference to Francophone Africa
  • Moral status of embryonic stem cells : perspective of an African villager
  • Third party assisted conception : an African perspective
  • The universal and the particular in current discussions of international bio-medical ethical guidelines
  • Research with vulnerable human beings
  • Ethics, human rights and sexual/reproductive health in Africa : exploratory socio-cultural considerations
  • Leaders in ethics education : Godfrey B. Tangwa.