Negotiating bioethics : the governance of UNESCO's Bioethics Programme /
Langlois, Adèle,
Negotiating bioethics : the governance of UNESCO's Bioethics Programme / Adèle Langlois. - 1 online resource (xviii, 192 pages) - Genetics and society . - Genetics and society (Series) .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Bioethics: human genetic and biomedical research ethics at UNESCO and beyond -- Global governance: a conceptual framework for analysing bioethics at UNESCO -- Deliberating bioethics: UNESCO's standard-setting activities -- Implementing bioethics: UNCESCO's efforts to realize and enforce the declarations -- Contextualizing bioethics: the declarations in Kenya and South Africa -- Conclusions.
Open Access
"The sequencing of the entire human genome has opened up unprecedented possibilities for healthcare, but also ethical and social dilemmas about how these can be achieved, particularly in developing countries. UNESCO's Bioethics Programme was established to address such issues in 1993. Since then, it has adopted three declarations on human genetics and bioethics (1997, 2003 and 2005), set up numerous training programmes around the world and debated the need for an international convention on human reproductive cloning. Negotiating Bioethics presents Langlois' research on the negotiation and implementation of the three declarations and the human cloning debate, based on fieldwork carried out in Kenya, South Africa, France and the UK, among policy-makers, geneticists, ethicists, civil society representatives and industry professionals. The book examines whether the UNESCO Bioethics Programme is an effective forum for (a) decision-making on bioethics issues and (b) ensuring ethical practice. Considering two different aspects of the UNESCO Bioethics Programme - deliberation and implementation - at international and national levels, Langlois explores: - how relations between developed and developing countries can be made more equal - who should be involved in global level decision-making and how this should proceed - how overlap between initiatives can be avoided - what can be done to improve the implementation of international norms by sovereign states - how far universal norms can be contextualized - what impact the efficacy of national level governance has at international level Drawing on extensive empirical research, Negotiating Bioethics presents a truly global perspective on bioethics"--
English.
9781136237003 1136237003 9780203101797 0203101790 1299792154 9781299792159 9781136237010 1136237011 9781136236969 1136236961
510466 MIL
016224925 Uk
Unesco's Bioethics Programme.
Unesco's Bioethics Programme
Unesco's Bioethics Programme.
Bioethics--International cooperation.
Medical ethics--International cooperation.
Medical genetics--Law and legislation--International cooperation.
Bioethics.
Medical genetics.
International cooperation.
Bioethics
Ethics, Medical
Genetics, Medical
International Cooperation
Program Evaluation
Éthique médicale--Coopération internationale.
Bioéthique.
Éthique médicale.
Génétique médicale.
Coopération internationale.
Bio-ethics.
Biology, life sciences.
Life sciences: general issues.
Mathematics and science.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--International Relations--General.
SCIENCE--Biotechnology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Business Ethics.
Genetic engineering.
Genetics.
Bioethics.
International Bioethics Committee of UNESCO.
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
Bioethics Ethics, Medical Genetics, Medical International Cooperation Program Evaluation Unesco's Bioethics Programm
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
R724 / .L264 2013eb
174.2
WB 60
Negotiating bioethics : the governance of UNESCO's Bioethics Programme / Adèle Langlois. - 1 online resource (xviii, 192 pages) - Genetics and society . - Genetics and society (Series) .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Bioethics: human genetic and biomedical research ethics at UNESCO and beyond -- Global governance: a conceptual framework for analysing bioethics at UNESCO -- Deliberating bioethics: UNESCO's standard-setting activities -- Implementing bioethics: UNCESCO's efforts to realize and enforce the declarations -- Contextualizing bioethics: the declarations in Kenya and South Africa -- Conclusions.
Open Access
"The sequencing of the entire human genome has opened up unprecedented possibilities for healthcare, but also ethical and social dilemmas about how these can be achieved, particularly in developing countries. UNESCO's Bioethics Programme was established to address such issues in 1993. Since then, it has adopted three declarations on human genetics and bioethics (1997, 2003 and 2005), set up numerous training programmes around the world and debated the need for an international convention on human reproductive cloning. Negotiating Bioethics presents Langlois' research on the negotiation and implementation of the three declarations and the human cloning debate, based on fieldwork carried out in Kenya, South Africa, France and the UK, among policy-makers, geneticists, ethicists, civil society representatives and industry professionals. The book examines whether the UNESCO Bioethics Programme is an effective forum for (a) decision-making on bioethics issues and (b) ensuring ethical practice. Considering two different aspects of the UNESCO Bioethics Programme - deliberation and implementation - at international and national levels, Langlois explores: - how relations between developed and developing countries can be made more equal - who should be involved in global level decision-making and how this should proceed - how overlap between initiatives can be avoided - what can be done to improve the implementation of international norms by sovereign states - how far universal norms can be contextualized - what impact the efficacy of national level governance has at international level Drawing on extensive empirical research, Negotiating Bioethics presents a truly global perspective on bioethics"--
English.
9781136237003 1136237003 9780203101797 0203101790 1299792154 9781299792159 9781136237010 1136237011 9781136236969 1136236961
510466 MIL
016224925 Uk
Unesco's Bioethics Programme.
Unesco's Bioethics Programme
Unesco's Bioethics Programme.
Bioethics--International cooperation.
Medical ethics--International cooperation.
Medical genetics--Law and legislation--International cooperation.
Bioethics.
Medical genetics.
International cooperation.
Bioethics
Ethics, Medical
Genetics, Medical
International Cooperation
Program Evaluation
Éthique médicale--Coopération internationale.
Bioéthique.
Éthique médicale.
Génétique médicale.
Coopération internationale.
Bio-ethics.
Biology, life sciences.
Life sciences: general issues.
Mathematics and science.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--International Relations--General.
SCIENCE--Biotechnology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Business Ethics.
Genetic engineering.
Genetics.
Bioethics.
International Bioethics Committee of UNESCO.
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
Bioethics Ethics, Medical Genetics, Medical International Cooperation Program Evaluation Unesco's Bioethics Programm
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
R724 / .L264 2013eb
174.2
WB 60