Health Care Policy A Reader

by Shannon, Thomas A.; Berlin, Jesse A.; Braunwald, Eugene; Burchard, Esteban Gonzalez; Burris, Scott; Coyle, Natasha; Daniels, Norman; De Cock, Kevin M.; of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Ethics Committee; Fleming, Raymond; Gomez, Scarlett

• ISBN13: 9780742532151
• ISBN10: 0742532151
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-08-27
• Publisher: Sheed & Ward

Summary

Edited by Thomas A. Shannon, the series provides anthologies of critical essays and reflections by leading ethicists in four pivotal areas: reproductive technologies, genetic technologies, death and dying, and health care policy. The goal of this series is twofold: first, to provide a set of readers on thematic topics for introductory or survey courses in bioethics or for courses with a particular theme or time limitation. Second, each of the readers in this series is designed to help students focus more thoroughly and effectively on specific topics that flesh out the ethical issues at the core of bioethics. The series is also highly accessible to general readers interested in bioethics.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	xi
1 Justice, Health, and Healthcare	1	(26)
Norman Daniels
2 An Unequal Epidemic in an Unequal World	27	(8)
Kevin M. De Cock and Robert S. Janssen
3 The Importance of Race and Ethnic Background in Biomedical Research and Clinical Practice	35	(10)
Esteban González Burchard, Elad Ziv, Natasha Coyle, Scarlett Lin Gomez, Hua Tang, Andrew J. Karter, Joanna L. Mountain, Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, Dean Sheppard, and Neil Risch
4 The Model State Emergency Health Powers Act: Planning for and Response to Bioterrorism and Naturally Occurring Infectious Diseases	45	(18)
Lawrence O. Gostin, Jason W. Sapsin, Stephen P. Teret, Scott Burris, Julie Samia Mair, James G. Hodge, Jr., and Jon S. Vernick
5 Collaborating with Industry-Choices for the Academic Medical Center	63	(12)
Hamilton Moses III, Eugene Braunwald, Joseph B. Martin, and Samuel O. Thier
6 The Continuing Unethical Conduct of Underpowered Clinical Trials	75	(12)
Scott D. Halpern, Jason H.T. Karlawish, and Jesse A. Berlin
7 Effect of Mandatory Parental Notification on Adolescent Girls' Use of Sexual Health Care Services	87	(12)
Diane M. Reddy, Raymond Fleming, and Carolyne Swain
8 Economic and Health Consequences of Selling a Kidney in India	99	(12)
Madhav Goyal, Ravindra L. Mehta, Lawrence J. Schneiderman, and Ashwini R. Sehgal
9 Scholarly Watchdogs for an Ethical Netherworld	111	(6)
Peter Monaghan
10 Clinical and Organizational Factors Associated with Feeding Tube Use among Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Cognitive Impairment	117	(16)
Susan L. Mitchell, Joan M. Teno, Jason Roy, Glen Kabumoto, and Vincent Mor
11 Xenografts and Retroviruses	133	(6)
Robin A. Weiss
12 Donating Spare Embryos for Embryonic Stem-Cell Research	139	(8)
Ethics Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine
Index	147	(6)
About the Contributors	153