Religious Perspectives on Social Responsibility in Health: Towards a Dialogical Approach (Advancing Global Bioethics, 9)

Tham, Joseph; Durante, Chris; García Gómez, Alberto

ISBN 10: 3030101231 / ISBN 13: 9783030101237

Edité par Springer (edition Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018), 2018

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• Titre: Religious Perspectives on Social Responsibility in Health: Towards a Dialogical Approach (Advancing Global Bioethics, 9)
• Éditeur: Springer (edition Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018)
• Date de parution: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 3030101231
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9783030101237
• Reliure: Paperback
• État de l'article: Very Good

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Synopsis

Includes distinct religious views on social responsibility in healthcare and places them in a context of global bioethics

Analyzes the place and uneasy function of religious traditions in healthcare provision today

Provides suggestions for managing and coping with diversity in global bioethics

À propos de l?auteur

Joseph Tham was born in Hong Kong and immigrated to Canada at the age of fifteen. At the University of Toronto, he first majored in Mathematical Sciences and then graduated from Medical School. After several years of work as a family physician, he entered the seminary of the Legionaries of Christ and was ordained a priest in 2004. As a part of this preparation, he has obtained his degrees in philosophy and theology at Rome's Regina Apostolorum Pontifical university, where he also completed his post-graduate studies in bioethics. He successfully defended his doctoral dissertation with high honors on "The Secularization of Bioethics--A Critical History" under the direction of Dr. Edmund Pellegrino, former Chairman of the President's Council on Bioethics. He presently teaches bioethics in Regina Apostolorum and was formerly the Dean of the School of Bioethics. He is the editorial coordinator of Studia Bioethica and a Fellow of the UNESCO Chair inBioethics and Human Rights.

Alberto GARCÍA GÓMEZ is the director of the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics and Human Rights (Rome, Italy). He graduated in Law at Autonomous University Law School and is a Doctor in Law from Complutense University in Madrid. Presently, he is Professor of Philosophy of Law and International Law at the School of Bioethics of Athenaeum Pontificium Regina Apostolorum in Rome. Furthermore he is a researcher of the Human Rights Institute at Complutense University. For 5 years he has been member of the Steering Committee of Bioethics in the Council of Europe and in 2005 he has been honoured with the National Prize of the Spanish Royal Academy of Doctors in the field of legal and social sciences.

Chris Durante is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Theology at Saint Peter's University in NJ as well as a Fellow of the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics & Human Rights, where he serves as the Academic Coordinator of the Bioethics, Multiculturalism & Religion workshops. Dr. Durante holds a Ph.D. from the Faculty of Religious Studies at McGill University, a M.A. in Religious Studies from Georgia State University, a M.Sc. in Philosophy of Mental Disorder from King's College London and a B.A. in Philosophy from Fordham University. His primary research and teaching interests are in Religion, Ethics & Society broadly construed to include: Bioethics, Comparative Religious Ethics, Religion & Politics, Moral Theology and Moral Philosophy. His publications have appeared in a number of academic journals such as: the American Journal of Bioethics; the Journal of Medical Ethics; Medicine, Healthcare and Philosophy; the Journal of Global Ethics; the Journal of Religious Ethics; and the Journal of Church & State.