Barbara Prainsack (King's College London), Alena Buyx (Germany Christian-Albrechts Universitat zu Kiel)

Solidarity in Biomedicine and Beyond

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In times of global economic and political crises, the notion of solidarity is gaining new currency. Exemplified by three case studies from medicine and health, this book shows how solidarity can make a difference in how we frame problems in biomedicine, and help develop innovative solutions.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Bioethics and Law
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juni 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 374g
• ISBN-13: 9781107424784
• ISBN-10: 110742478X
• Artikelnr.: 51381982

Autorenporträt

Barbara Prainsack is Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Vienna and Director of the interdisciplinary research platform Governance of Digital Practices.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Solidarity. A brief history of a concept, and a project
Part I. Theorising Solidarity: 2. Solidarity - intellectual background and important themes
3. What is solidarity?
4. Solidarity - normative approaches
Part II. Solidarity in Practice: 5. Solidarity in practice I: governing health databases
6. Solidarity in practice II: personalised medicine and health care
7. Solidarity and organ donation
Part III. Conclusions: 8. Solidarity with whom? Conclusions and ways forward.