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This volume assembles an interdisciplinary team of leading academics, industry figures, policymakers and NGO’s to consider the legal, ethical and social issues that are raised by innovations in nanoscience and nanotechnology. By bringing together international experts from a diverse range of fields this volume addresses the implications and impact that nanotechnology has on society. Through the exploration of six key themes the contributors analyse both the impact of nanotechnology and the emergence of the concept of nanoethics. Each section includes authors from both sides of the political and scientific divide – incorporating both positive and negative perspectives on nanotechnology, as well as including discussions of associated concepts such as converging technologies. The result provides for the widest and most balanced discussion of these issues to date.

Nanotechnology --- Social aspects. --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Molecular technology --- Nanoscale technology --- Philosophy. --- Ethics. --- Law. --- Economic policy. --- Social sciences. --- Nanotechnology. --- Law, general. --- Social Sciences, general. --- R & D/Technology Policy. --- High technology --- Behavioral sciences --- Human sciences --- Sciences, Social --- Social science --- Social studies --- Civilization --- Economic nationalism --- Economic planning --- National planning --- State planning --- Economics --- Planning --- National security --- Social policy --- Acts, Legislative --- Enactments, Legislative --- Laws (Statutes) --- Legislative acts --- Legislative enactments --- Jurisprudence --- Legislation --- Deontology --- Ethics, Primitive --- Ethology --- Moral philosophy --- Morality --- Morals --- Philosophy, Moral --- Science, Moral --- Philosophy --- Values --- Mental philosophy --- Humanities

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The research field of biobanks and tissue research is highly promising. Many projects around the globe are involved in the collection of human tissue and health data for research purposes. These initiatives are driven by the perspective of decisive breakthroughs in the knowledge of the genetic pathways involved in widespread diseases. However, there are considerable ethical and legal challenges to be considered as well. These challenges encompass the use of body material for research purposes, the misuse of genetic and other health data by third parties, trust in science and medicine, concerns regarding privacy, use of genetic data for forensic applications by the state and the police, and regulatory issues. This volume is divided into three parts: the inclusion of the public, the rights of donors and patients, examples and recommendations for the future of tissue research. It presents a comprehensive overview of the most important topics in the field by renowned scholars in medical ethics and biolaw.  .

Biobanks -- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Biological specimens -- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Tissue banks -- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Biobanks --- Biological specimens --- Tissue banks --- Health Facilities --- Ethics --- Human Rights --- Social Control, Formal --- Humanities --- Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation --- Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services --- Health Care --- Sociology --- Health Care Economics and Organizations --- Social Sciences --- Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena --- Biological Specimen Banks --- Bioethical Issues --- Ethics, Research --- Patient Rights --- Biology --- Surgery & Anesthesiology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Biology - General --- Transplantation of Organs & Tissues --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Tissue banks. --- Biobanks. --- Donation of organs, tissues, etc. --- Law and legislation. --- Bio-banks --- Biological specimen banks --- Banks, Organ --- Banks, Tissue --- Banks, Transplant --- Organ banks --- Transplant banks --- Medicine. --- Surgical transplantation. --- Cell biology. --- Medicine & Public Health. --- Transplant Surgery. --- Cell Biology. --- Biomedicine general. --- Dead bodies (Law) --- Medical laws and legislation --- Biological resource centers --- Health facilities --- Preservation of organs, tissues, etc. --- Procurement of organs, tissues, etc. --- Transplantation of organs, tissu. --- Cytology. --- Clinical sciences --- Medical profession --- Human biology --- Life sciences --- Medical sciences --- Pathology --- Physicians --- Cell biology --- Cellular biology --- Cells --- Cytologists --- Biomedicine, general. --- Medical transplantation --- Organ transplantation --- Organ transplants --- Organs (Anatomy) --- Surgical transplantation --- Tissue transplantation --- Tissues --- Transplants, Organ --- Surgery --- Health Workforce --- Transplantation --- Transplant surgery --- Transplantation surgery

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This book provides an early exploration of the new field of disaster bioethics: examining the ethical issues raised by disasters. Healthcare ethics issues are addressed in the first part of this book. Large-scale casualties lead to decisions about who to treat and who to leave behind, cultural challenges, and communication ethics. The second part focuses on disaster research ethics. With the growing awareness of the need for evidence to guide disaster preparedness and response, more research is being conducted in disasters. Any research involving humans raises ethical questions and requires appropriate regulation and oversight. The authors explore how disaster research can take account of survivors? vulnerability, informed consent, the sudden onset of disasters, and other ethical issues. Both parts examine ethical challenges where seeking to do good, harm can be done. Faced with overwhelming needs and scarce resources, no good solution may be apparent. But choosing the less wrong option can have a high price. In addition, what might seem right at home may not be seen to be right elsewhere. This book provides in-depth and practical reflection on these and other challenging ethical questions arising during disasters. Scholars and practitioners who gathered at the Brocher Foundation in Geneva, Switzerland in 2011 offer their reflections to promote further dialogue so that those devastated by disasters are respected by being treated in the most ethically sou nd ways possible.    .

Medical ethics. --- Disasters --- Philosophy. --- Ethics. --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Deontology --- Ethics, Primitive --- Ethology --- Moral philosophy --- Morality --- Morals --- Philosophy, Moral --- Science, Moral --- Mental philosophy --- Calamities --- Catastrophes --- Biomedical ethics --- Clinical ethics --- Ethics, Medical --- Health care ethics --- Medical care --- Medicine --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Social sciences. --- Social Sciences, general. --- Philosophy --- Values --- Humanities --- Behavioral sciences --- Human sciences --- Sciences, Social --- Social science --- Social studies --- Civilization --- Curiosities and wonders --- Accidents --- Hazardous geographic environments --- Bioethics --- Professional ethics --- Nursing ethics --- Social medicine

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This book examines the ethics of end of life care, focusing on the kinds of decisions that are commonly made in clinical practice. Specific attention is paid to the intensification of treatment for terminal symptoms, particularly pain relief, and the withdrawal and withholding of care, particularly life-saving or life-prolonging medical care. The book is structured into three sections. The first section contains essays examining end of life care from the perspective of moral theory and theology. The second sets out various conceptual terms and distinctions relevant to decision-making at the end of life. The third section contains chapters that focus on substantive ethical issues. This format not only provides for a comprehensive analysis of the ethical issues that arise in the context of end of life care but allows readers to effectively trace the philosophical, theological and conceptual underpinnings that inform their specific interests. This work will be of interest to scholars working in the area as well as clinicians, specialists and healthcare professionals who encounter these issues in the course of their practice. .

Terminal care --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Bioethics. --- Palliative treatment. --- Religion and sociology. --- Medical laws and legislation. --- Palliative Medicine. --- Social Aspects of Religion. --- Medical Law. --- Law, Medical --- Medical personnel --- Medical registration and examination --- Medicine --- Physicians --- Surgeons --- Medical policy --- Medical jurisprudence --- Religion and society --- Religious sociology --- Society and religion --- Sociology, Religious --- Sociology and religion --- Sociology of religion --- Sociology --- Palliation (Medical care) --- Palliative care --- Palliative medicine --- Therapeutics --- Biology --- Biomedical ethics --- Life sciences --- Life sciences ethics --- Science --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Law and legislation --- Moral and ethical aspects