Bioethics in Singapore : The Ethical Microcosm

Name: Bioethics in Singapore : The Ethical Microcosm
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ISBN: 9789814327114

ISBN-10: 9814327115

ISBN-13: 9789814327114

Edition: 2010

Authors: John M. Elliott, W. Calvin Ho, Sylvia S. N. Lim

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This book provides an analysis of the ways in which the BAC has established an ethical framework for biomedical research in Singapore, following the launch of the Biomedical Sciences Initiative by the Singapore Government. The editors and authors have an intimate knowledge of the working of the BAC, and the focus of the book includes the ways in which international forces have influenced the form and substance of bioethics in Singapore. Together, the authors offer a comparative account of the institutionalisation of biomedical research ethics in Singapore, considered in the wider context of international regulatory efforts. The book reviews the work of the BAC by placing it within the…

Book details

List price: $39.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/19/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 344
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.166
Language: English



Foreword



Editors' Note and Acknowledgements


Notes on Contributors


The Coming of Bioethics to Singapore



The Impact of the Bioethics Advisory Committee on the Research Community in Singapore



Engaging the Public: The Role of the Media



Confucian Trust and the Biomedical Regulatory Framework in Singapore



The Clinician-Researcher: A Servant of Two Masters?



The US Model for Oversight of Human Stem Cell Research



Genetics and Stem Cell Research: Models of International Policy-making



Public Engagement and Bioethics Commissions



Norm-making on Human-Animal Chimeras and Hybrids in Singapore, the United Kingdom and the International Domain



How Will Future Bioethical Issues Engage Singapore?




Members of the Bioethics Advisory Committee and its Sub-Committees and Working Group



Members of the International Panel of Experts



Reports of the Bioethics Advisory Committee



A Decade of Events that Shaped Bioethics in Singapore


References


Index