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Bioethics Here and in Poor Countries: A Comment

  • Klaus M. Leisinger (a1)
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There has been a tremendous increase in interest in bioethics, which has come in direct response to the substantial advances in biomedical research and medical technology over the past 30 years. The more sophisticated medical science and technology becomes, the more sophisticated are questions that are raised: Who has the right to decide whether a medical treatment should be initiated, continued, or stopped? How much information are healthcare professionals required to give to patients? When should a patient's right to confidentiality be violated? When, if ever, is active or passive euthanasia or abortion justified, and who has the right to decide on these issues?

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1. Beauchamp, TL, Walters, LR. Contemprary Issues in Bioethics. 3rd ed.Belmont, California: Wadsworth, 1989. See also Young, EWD. Alpha & Omega -Ethics at the Frontier of Life and Death. Menlo Park, California: Addison-Wesley, 1989.

2. As defined by McNamara, RS. Address to the Board of Governors. Nairobi, Kenya, 24 09, 1973:6ff.

3. UNESCO. World Educational Report 1991. Paris: UNESCO, 1991:1922.

4. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 1992;41 (5, 02. 7):83.

5. UNICEF. The State of the World's Children 1988. New York: UNICEF, 1988:1.

6. Statistical data are from UNDP. Human Development Report 1991. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991:2.

7. See note 6. UNDP. 1991.

8. See note 6. UNDP. 1991:5.

9. World Bank. World Development Report 1991. Washington, D.C.: World Bank, 1991:11.

10. See King, A, Schneider, B. The First Global Revolution. A Report by the Council of the The Club of Rome. London/New York: Simon and Schuster, 1991.

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