In Bioethics in Perspective Scott Mann demonstrates the importance of issues of corporate power, global inequality and sustainability in shaping health outcomes around the world. The text develops a comprehensive ethical and practical critique of the neoliberal economic ideas which have guided policy in the English-speaking world. It explores the consequences of such policies for health and healthcare around the world, in terms of increasing health inequalities, serious food and water shortages, inadequate health care provision and the marketing of dangerous and unnecessary drugs. With clear proposals for political and economic reform to effectively address these problems, Bioethics in Perspective provides an important counterbalance to much conventional commentary on bioethics. It takes readers with little or no prior knowledge of ethics, economics or medicine quickly and easily into advanced debates and discussions about the causes and consequences of health and illness around the world.
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Scott Mann (University of Western Sydney) Imprint: Cambridge University Press Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 247mm,
Width: 174mm,
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 530g ISBN:9780521756563 ISBN 10: 0521756561 Pages: 296 Publication Date:13 August 2010 Audience:
College/higher education
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College/higher education
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Further / Higher Education
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Primary
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Scott Mann BA (hons) (Sussex), MPhil (Sussex), PhD (Sydney) is Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Western Sydney.