Brave New World of Health

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-86287-672-9
Verlag: Federation Press

Buch, Englisch, 299 Seiten, Gewicht: 502 g

Within contemporary society the meaning of ‘health’ is surprisingly unstable. Guiding principles that once seemed self-evident have been challenged by new social, scientific and economic forces. This book argues that the foundational terms and concepts, which form the basic building blocks of dialogue about health, are now in flux. While the forces in play differ, and the pace of change is varied, there is now a ‘brave new world’ of health which characterises policy debate about health (and illness or disability). This permeates even the more narrow technical issues within clinical medicine, the law and medical science. This construction and reconstruction of health has important implications for the development of law and policy. The book draws on international and local experts to explore these issues. It opens with consideration of the economic and social forces of ‘globalisation’ - the macro level forces which now shape the ‘lived realities’ of health for the world’s people. This is then contextualised through a series of detailed ‘case studies’ of more localised examples including; pharmaceuticals, preimplantation genetic diagnosis, body modification, abortion, anorexia and post-traumaticstress disorder. The book also interrogates the way modern health research influences public conceptions of health. Across these issues the book canvasses the social forces at work in the construction of health, disability and illness in shaping our understandings of such concepts by the public, by individuals, by the courts, and by international bodies. Brave New World of Health is an important contribution to advancing that understanding.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bennet, Belinda

Carney, Terry

Karpin, Isabel

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinische Soziologie & Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Gesundheitssoziologie, Medizinsoziologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinrecht, Gesundheitsrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Beziehungen des Rechts zu anderen Disziplinen
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Biomedizin, Medizinische Forschung, Klinische Studien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents Introduction 1 Globalising Rights? Constructing Health Rights in a Shrinking World, Belinda Bennet 2 Potential AUSFTA Dispute Resolution over Off-Shore Constructions of Australian Pharmaceutical Policy, Thomas A Faunce, Susannah Jeffreys and Kellie Johnston 3 The 'Affected' Post-Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis Embryo, Estair Van Wagner, Roxanne Mykitiuk and Jeff Nisker 4 Constructing a Healthy Population: Tensions Between Individual Responsibility and State-Based Beneficience, Wendy A Rogers 5 Constructing the Body Inside and Out: Genetic and Somatic Modification, Isabel Karpin 6 Turning Mothers into Bioethicists: Late Abortion and Disability, Kristin Savell 7 Birth, Ritalin, Prozac, Viagra, Death, David Healey 8 Creating a Facilitative Environment for Genetic Research: The Central Role of Public Trust, Margaret Otlowski 9 The Subjectivity of Objectivity: The Social, Cultural and Political Shaping of Evidence-Based Medicine, Raymond G De Vries, Trudo Lemmens and Charles L Bosk 10 Litigating Antidepressants: Challenging Constructs of Health in Pharmaceutical Promotion, Patricia Peppin 11 Constructing 'Control' Over Anorexia Nervosa, Terry Carney, Mim Ingvarson and David Tait 12 Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: The Backlash After the New Dawn, Ian Freckelton 13 Disentangling Disability and Health, Lee Ann Basser References Index Table of Cases Table of Statutes