Bioethical Issues, Sociological Perspectives
- 1st Edition, Volume 9 - November 27, 2007
- Latest edition
- Editors: Barbara Katz Rothman, Elizabeth M. Armstrong, Rebecca Tiger
- Language: English
This volume deals with the topic of health inequalities and health disparities. The volume is divided into five sections. The first section includes an introductory look at the… Read more
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This volume deals with the topic of health inequalities and health disparities. The volume is divided into five sections. The first section includes an introductory look at the issue of health care inequalities and disparities and also an introduction to the volume. One of the backdrops to this topic in the United States was The National Healthcare Disparities Report and its focus on the ability of Americans to access health care and variation in the quality of care. Disparities related to socioeconomic status were included, as were disparities linked to race and ethnicity and the report also tried to explore the relationship between race/ethnicity and socioeconomic position, as explained in more detail in the first article in the book. The second article discusses a newer overall approach to issues related to health inequalities and health disparities.
The remaining four sections of the book address more specific topics relating to inequalities and disparities. The second section examines racial and ethnic inequalities and disparities. The third section includes articles that address the issue from the perspective of research about health care providers and health care facilities. The last two sections of the book focus on consumers and topics of health care disparities, with Section 4 focused on issues related to substance abuse, mental health and related concerns. Section 5 includes articles looking at issues of vulnerable women, women with breast cancer and people with colorectal cancer.
Inequalities and Disparities in Health Care and Health is important reading for medical sociologists and people working in other social science disciplines studying health-related issues. The volume also provides vital information for health services researchers, policy analysts and public health researchers.
The remaining four sections of the book address more specific topics relating to inequalities and disparities. The second section examines racial and ethnic inequalities and disparities. The third section includes articles that address the issue from the perspective of research about health care providers and health care facilities. The last two sections of the book focus on consumers and topics of health care disparities, with Section 4 focused on issues related to substance abuse, mental health and related concerns. Section 5 includes articles looking at issues of vulnerable women, women with breast cancer and people with colorectal cancer.
Inequalities and Disparities in Health Care and Health is important reading for medical sociologists and people working in other social science disciplines studying health-related issues. The volume also provides vital information for health services researchers, policy analysts and public health researchers.
* A great resource for health services researchers, policy analysts and public health researchers
* An in-depth look at bioethics, focussing on health inequalities and disparities
* An in-depth look at bioethics, focussing on health inequalities and disparities
Medical sociologists and people working in other social science disciplines studying health-related issues. The volume also provides vital information for health services researchers, policy analysts and public health researchers.
BIOETHICAL ISSUES, SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES
Edited by Barbara Katz Rothman, Elizabeth Armstrong and Rebecca Tiger
TABLE OF CONTENTS, working version, February 2007
Introductory Preface: Co-authored by the editors.
Part I: Placing Bioethics Historically
Introduction by the editors
1. Duncan Wilson, University of Manchester, UK, “Whose Body (of Opinion) is it Anyway? Historicizing Tissue Ownership and Examining ‘Public Opinion’ in Bioethics”
2. Renee Anspach, University of Michigan and Sydney Halpern, ??? “Bioethics in the media: Shifting definitions of expertise from Cruzan to Schiavo.”
3. Rosalyn Benjamin Darling, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, “The Changing Context of Neonatal Decision Making: Are the Consumerist and Disability Rights Movements Having an Effect?”
4. Masaaki Nakashima, University of Tokyo, “The Importation of American Bioethics to Japan”
Part II: The Sociology of a Working Bioethics: Private Narratives
Introduction by the editors
5. Marilys Guilliman and Lynn Gillam, University of Melbourne, Australia, “Ethical Mindfulness: Narratives and Everyday Ethics in Health Care”
6. Helen Kohlen, Hannover Germany, “’What Are We Really Doing Here?’ Journeys into Hospital Ethics Committees in Germany: Nurses Participation and the(ir) Marginalization of Care”
7. Armin Nassehi, Irmhild Saake and Katharina Mayr, Univeristy of Munich, Germany, “Healthcare Ethics Committees Without Function? Locations and Forms of Ethical Speech in a ‘Society of Presents’ “
8. Daniel R. Morrison, Vanderbilt University, “Making the Autonomous Client: How Genetic Counselors Construct Autonomous Subjects”
Part III: Bioethics in the Policy Arena: Public Narratives
Introduction by the Editors
9. Ananya Mukherjea, City University of New York, “Cutting Risk: Male Circumcision, HIV Prevention and the Ethics of Promoting Wellness”
10. Svea Luise Hermann and Herrmann Koenninger, University of Hannover, Germany, “”…but you cannot influence the direction of your thinking” : Guiding Self-Government in Bioethics Policy Discourse”
11. Elizabeth Ettorre, University of Liverpool, UK, “Genomics, Gender and Gender Capital: The Need for an Embodied Ethics of Reproduction”
Part IV: Reimagining Bioethics and Expanding Borders
Introduction by the editors
12. Mark Taussig, University of Akron; Janardan Subedi, Miami University Ohio; and Sree Subedi, Miami University Ohio, “Sociological Contributions to Developing Ethical Standards for Medical Research in Very Poor Countries: The Case of Nepal”
13. Claudia Chaufan, University of California Santa Cruz, “Not All Children are Created Equal: Inequities, Life Course and the Social Production of the Diabetes Epidemic”
14. Sarah Shostak and Erin Rehel, Brandeis University, “Changing the Subject: Science, Subjectivity and the Structuring of Ethical Implications”
Edited by Barbara Katz Rothman, Elizabeth Armstrong and Rebecca Tiger
TABLE OF CONTENTS, working version, February 2007
Introductory Preface: Co-authored by the editors.
Part I: Placing Bioethics Historically
Introduction by the editors
1. Duncan Wilson, University of Manchester, UK, “Whose Body (of Opinion) is it Anyway? Historicizing Tissue Ownership and Examining ‘Public Opinion’ in Bioethics”
2. Renee Anspach, University of Michigan and Sydney Halpern, ??? “Bioethics in the media: Shifting definitions of expertise from Cruzan to Schiavo.”
3. Rosalyn Benjamin Darling, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, “The Changing Context of Neonatal Decision Making: Are the Consumerist and Disability Rights Movements Having an Effect?”
4. Masaaki Nakashima, University of Tokyo, “The Importation of American Bioethics to Japan”
Part II: The Sociology of a Working Bioethics: Private Narratives
Introduction by the editors
5. Marilys Guilliman and Lynn Gillam, University of Melbourne, Australia, “Ethical Mindfulness: Narratives and Everyday Ethics in Health Care”
6. Helen Kohlen, Hannover Germany, “’What Are We Really Doing Here?’ Journeys into Hospital Ethics Committees in Germany: Nurses Participation and the(ir) Marginalization of Care”
7. Armin Nassehi, Irmhild Saake and Katharina Mayr, Univeristy of Munich, Germany, “Healthcare Ethics Committees Without Function? Locations and Forms of Ethical Speech in a ‘Society of Presents’ “
8. Daniel R. Morrison, Vanderbilt University, “Making the Autonomous Client: How Genetic Counselors Construct Autonomous Subjects”
Part III: Bioethics in the Policy Arena: Public Narratives
Introduction by the Editors
9. Ananya Mukherjea, City University of New York, “Cutting Risk: Male Circumcision, HIV Prevention and the Ethics of Promoting Wellness”
10. Svea Luise Hermann and Herrmann Koenninger, University of Hannover, Germany, “”…but you cannot influence the direction of your thinking” : Guiding Self-Government in Bioethics Policy Discourse”
11. Elizabeth Ettorre, University of Liverpool, UK, “Genomics, Gender and Gender Capital: The Need for an Embodied Ethics of Reproduction”
Part IV: Reimagining Bioethics and Expanding Borders
Introduction by the editors
12. Mark Taussig, University of Akron; Janardan Subedi, Miami University Ohio; and Sree Subedi, Miami University Ohio, “Sociological Contributions to Developing Ethical Standards for Medical Research in Very Poor Countries: The Case of Nepal”
13. Claudia Chaufan, University of California Santa Cruz, “Not All Children are Created Equal: Inequities, Life Course and the Social Production of the Diabetes Epidemic”
14. Sarah Shostak and Erin Rehel, Brandeis University, “Changing the Subject: Science, Subjectivity and the Structuring of Ethical Implications”
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Volume: 9
- Published: November 27, 2007
- Language: English
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Barbara Katz Rothman
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Baruch College, CUNY, NY, U.S.A.EA
Elizabeth M. Armstrong
Affiliations and expertise
Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, NJ, USART
Rebecca Tiger
Affiliations and expertise
Brooklyn, NY , USA