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| Introduction | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| The Author | |
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| Ethical Theories and Bioethics in a Global Perspective | |
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| Theories of Ethics | |
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| Are Theories of Ethics Global? | |
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| Can Theories of Ethics Encourage People to Do the Right Thing? | |
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| Autonomy and Informed Consent in Global Perspective | |
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| Ethical Principles and Practical Issues of Informed Consent | |
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| Does Informed Consent Really Matter to Patients? | |
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| Is Informed Consent a Universal Principle or a Cultural Value? | |
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| Withholding or Withdrawing Treatment and Physician���Assisted Suicide | |
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| Withholding or Withdrawing Treatment at the End of Life | |
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| Assisting Patients in Committing Suicide | |
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| Ethical Issues in Reproductive Health | |
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| Ethics of Abortion in Different Times, Places, and Cultures | |
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| Current Ethical Issues in Abortion | |
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| Assisted Reproductive Technology and Stem Cell Research | |
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| Emergency Contraception | |
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| Ethics of Imposing Conditions on Funding | |
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| Ethical Issues of Female Genital Mutilation | |
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| The Facts About FGM | |
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| FGM as a Challenge to Ethical Relativism | |
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| Ethics of FGM for Adult Women | |
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| Ethical Issues of Research with Human Subjects | |
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| Background Information and the Belmont Report | |
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| Autonomy and Voluntary Informed Consent | |
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| Beneficence and Cost���Benefit Analysis | |
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| Issues of Justice and Fairness for Human Subjects | |
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| The Right to Health Care, and Ethical Obligations to Provide Care | |
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| Is There an Ethical Right to Health Care? | |
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| Ethical Obligations of Health Care Professionals | |
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| Ethical Obligations of for���Profit Health Care Providers | |
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| Ethical Issues in Rationing and Allocation of Limited Resources | |
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| Levels of Allocating Resources | |
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| Methods of Rationing Health Resources | |
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| Comparative Effectiveness Research and Cost���Effectiveness Analysis | |
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| Ethical Issues of Health Insurance and Health System Reform | |
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| Ethical Issues in Financing Health Services and Designing Insurance Systems | |
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| Fundamental Values of Health Systems | |
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| Ethical Issues in the Movement of Patients Across National Borders | |
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| Ethical Duties to Provide Health Care to Undocumented Aliens | |
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| Ethical Issues in Medical Tourism | |
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| Ethical Issues in the Movement of Health Care Professionals Across National Borders | |
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| Ethical Issues in the Migration of Health Professionals | |
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| Proposed Solutions and Their Ethical Implications | |
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| Fair Treatment of Health Care Workers from Other Countries | |
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| Corruption and Informal Payments in Health Systems | |
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| Payment of Informal Fees by Patients and Their Families | |
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| Is Corruption Bad for Your (and Other People�Dzs) Health? | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |