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  • Cross-Cultural and Religious Critiques of Informed Consent

    Edited by Joseph Tham, Alberto García Gómez, Mirko Daniel Garasic ...
    Series series Routledge Focus on Religion
    This book explores the challenges of informed consent in medical intervention and research ethics, considering the global reality of multiculturalism and religious diversity. Even though informed consent is a gold standard in research ethics, its theoretical foundation is based on the conception of individual subjects making autonomous decisions. There is a need to reconsider autonomy as ... Read more

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  • Fratelli Tutti in Conversation

    Voices from World Religions

    Edited by Joseph Tham, Sameer Advani ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Religion
    This volume explores how major religious traditions engage with Pope Francis’ encyclical Fratelli Tutti, offering comparative insights into fraternity, solidarity, and ethical responsibility in a global bioethical discourse. Bringing together perspectives from Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism, the book examines how Fratelli Tutti resonates with and challenges ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Multicultural and Religious Perspectives on Protecting the Environment, the Biosphere, and Biodiversity

    Edited by Joseph Tham, John Lunstroth, Sameer Advani ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Religion and Environment
    This thought-provoking volume unites bioethics experts from seven major world religions—Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Daoism, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism—alongside secular thinkers to explore environmental protection through the lens of the UNESCO Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights. It foregrounds the power of diverse perspectives in addressing one of humanity's most pressing ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Enhancement Fit for Humanity

    Perspectives on Emerging Technologies

    Edited by Michael Baggot, Alberto García Gómez, Alberto Carrara, Joseph Tham ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Religion
    This book explores what constitutes an enhancement fit for humanity in the age of nanotechnologies, biotechnologies, information technologies, and technologies related to the cognitive sciences. It considers the influence of emergent technology upon our understanding of human nature and the impact on future generations. Drawing on the Catholic tradition, in particular, the book gathers ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Multicultural and Interreligious Perspectives on the Ethics of Human Reproduction

    Protecting Future Generations

    Edited by Joseph Tham, Alberto Garcia Gómez, John Lunstroth ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book includes a number of distinct religious and secular views on the anthropological, ethical and social challenges of reproductive technologies in the light of human rights and in the context of global bioethics. It includes contributions of bioethics experts from six major religions—Buddhism, Confucianism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Judaism—as well as secular authors. The chapters ... Read more

    $116.09 USD

  • Religious Perspectives on Social Responsibility in Health

    Towards a Dialogical Approach

    Edited by Joseph Tham, Chris Durante, Alberto García Gómez ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book discuss the meaning and implications of the social and ethical implications of the notion of social responsibility in healthcare in six major world religions — Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, & Judaism. This collection of papers is based on a four-day workshop where bioethics experts from various religious traditions gathered. They discussed the ways in which their ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Religious Perspectives on Bioethics and Human Rights

    Edited by Kai Man Kwan, Alberto Garcia, Joseph Tham ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book deals with the thorny issue of human rights in different cultures and religions, especially in the light of bioethical issues. In this book, experts from Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Daoism, Hinduism and Confucianism discuss the tension between their religious traditions and the claim of universality of human rights. The East-West contrast is particularly evident with regards ... Read more

    $98.99 USD

  • Interreligious Perspectives on Mind, Genes and the Self

    Emerging Technologies and Human Identity

    Edited by Joseph Tham, Chris Durante, Alberto García Gómez ...
    Series series Routledge Science and Religion Series
    Attitudes towards science, medicine and the body are all profoundly shaped by people’s worldviews. When discussing issues of bioethics, religion often plays a major role. In this volume, the role of genetic manipulation and neurotechnology in shaping human identity is examined from multiple religious perspectives. This can help us to understand how religion might affect the impact of the ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Religious Perspectives on Human Vulnerability in Bioethics

    Edited by Alberto Garcia, Gonzalo Miranda, Joseph Tham ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    With the advance of biomedicine, certain individuals and groups are vulnerable because of their incapacities to defend themselves. The International Bioethics Committee as a UNESCO working group has for the last several years dedicated to deepen this principle of human vulnerability and personal integrity. This book serves to supplement this effort with a religious perspective given a great number ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

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  • Religion, Religious Ethics and Nursing

    Edited by Marsha Fowler, PhD, MDiv, MS,, Sheryl Reimer Kirkham, PhD, RN, Rick Sawatzky, PhD, RN, Elizabeth Johnston Taylor, PhD, RN, FAAN ...
    "[This] is a book that challenges you to step back and broaden your thinking about religion in general and religion in nursing...Nurses at all levels will appreciate the applications to nursing practice, theory, and research."--Journal of Christian Nursing"The Reverend Dr. Marsha Fowler and her colleagues have written a landmark book that will change and enlighten the discourse on religion and ... Read more

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