Solidarity in biomedicine and beyond / Barbara Prainsack, Alena Buyx.
Material type: TextSeries: Cambridge bioethics and lawPublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 231 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781139696593 (ebook)
- 610.72/4 23
- R850 .P73 2017
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Solidarity : a brief history of a concept, and a project -- Solidarity : intellectual background and important themes -- What is solidarity? -- Solidarity - normative approaches -- Solidarity in practice I : governing health databases -- Solidarity in practice II : personalised medicine and health care -- Solidarity and organ donation -- Solidarity with whom? Conclusions and ways forward.
In times of global economic and political crises, the notion of solidarity is gaining new currency. This book argues that a solidarity-based perspective can help us to find new ways to address pressing problems. Exemplified by three case studies from the field of biomedicine: databases for health and disease research, personalised healthcare, and organ donation, it explores how solidarity can make a difference in how we frame problems, and in the policy solutions that we can offer.
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