Globalization and Health

This timely collection explores ethical and legal dilemmas in healthcare arising from globalization. Conflicts between public interests and individual rights, the challenge of regulating professionals and access to health services, and the effects of a gl

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Globalization and Health Challenges for health law and bioethics Belinda Bennett and George F. Tomossy (Eds.)

GLOBALIZATION AND HEALTH

INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF ETHICS, LAW, AND THE NEW MEDICINE Founding Editors DAVID C. THOMASMA† DAVID N. WEISSTUB, Université de Montréal, Canada THOMASINE KIMBROUGH KUSHNER, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.

Editor DAVID N. WEISSTUB, Université de Montréal, Canada

Editorial Board TERRY CARNEY, University of Sydney, Australia MARCUS DÜWELL, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands SØREN HOLM, University of Cardiff, Wales,United Kingdom GERRIT K. KIMSMA, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands DAVID NOVAK, University of Toronto, Canada EDMUND D. PELLEGRINO, Georgetown University, Washington D.C., U.S.A. DOM RENZO PEGORARO, Fondazione Lanza and University of Padua, Italy DANIEL P. SULMASY, Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers, New York, U.S.A. LAWRENCE TANCREDI, New York University, New York, U.S.A.

VOLUME 27

The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.

Globalization and Health Challenges for health law and bioethics

Edited by

BELINDA BENNETT University of Sydney, Australia and

GEORGE F. TOMOSSY Macquarie University, Australia

A C.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress.

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1-4020-4195-0 (HB) 978-1-4020-4195-2 (HB) 1-4020-4196-9 (e-book) 978-1-4020-4196-9 (e-book)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface...................................................................................................................... vii Acknowledgments .................................................................................................... xiii Contributors .............................................................................................................xv PUBLIC HEALTH: DEVELOPING GLOBAL CONCERNS BELINDA BENNETT Travel in a small world: SARS, globalization and public health laws........................ 1 UDO SCHÜKLENK AND BRAIMOH BELLO Globalization and health: A developing world perspective on ethical and policy issues ............................................................................................................. 13 GEORGE F. TOMOSSY AND JOLYON FORD Globalization and clinical trials: Compensating subjects in developing countries ................................................................................................................... 27 DEBORAH ZION