The SAGE Handbook of Health Care Ethics

The SAGE Handbook of Healthcare Ethics is an influential collection of work by leading scholars on the fundamental and emerging themes which define healthcare ethics. Combining international and interdisciplinary perspectives, the Handbook provides a cutting-edge account of debates in five key areas:- Health Care Ethics in an Era of Globalisation- Beginning and End of Life- Vulnerable Populations- Research Ethics and Technologies- Public Health and Human Rights.This authoritative Handbook brings together experts with backgrounds in philosophy, sociology, law, public policy and the health professions and reflects the increasing impact of globalisation and the dynamic advances in the fields of bioscience and genetics, which keep ethics at the centre of debates about the future direction of healthcare. It is an invaluable resource for all students, practitioners, academics and researchers investigating ethical issues in relation to healthcare.

Ruth Chadwick is Distinguished Research Professor at Cardiff University of Director of CESAGen. She co-ordinated the Euroscreen projects (1994-6, 1996-9) funded by the European Commission and co-edits the journal Bioethics. Henk ten Have is Director of the Center for Healthcare Ethics at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh and former Director of the Division of Ethics of Science and Technology at UNESCO. Eric M. Meslin is Founding Director of the Indiana University Center for Bioethics, Associate Dean for Bioethics and Professor of Medicine, Medical and Molecular Genetics, Public Health and Philosophy.