Cristina Fletcher
Global Health Ethics
Professor Jillson
May 2015
Final Exam
1) In our globalized international community there is an increasing awareness of the suffering of others from preventable diseases, malnutrition and conflict, and more pressure by a concerned public to take action. There is also the understanding that the health of the developed world is affected by previous illnesses and existing pandemics are seen as threats to global security and economics. The characteristics that drive global health also create ethical dilemmas: vulnerable populations whose health is threatened, groups who are marginalized or oppressed in their society, and who live in extreme poverty. Such conditions create enormous disparities between the …show more content…
Web. http://www.who.int/csr/resources/publications/drugresist/malaria.pdf.
Hoppes, Emily. “In the Wake of Tragedy: Medical Ethics and the Haiti Earthquake.” Fall 2011.
Wake Forest University Center for Bioethics, Health, and Society. Web. http://bioethics.wfu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/In-The-Wake-of-Tragedy-Haiti-Study-Guide-Final.pdf. (Accessed April 2015).
Jillson, Irene. “Global Health Ethics: Origins of Healthcare Ethics and Bioethics.” Class
Lecture. January 21, 2015. Print.
London, Alex John. “Justice and the Human Development Approach to International Research.”
The Hastings Center Report (2005). 24-37. Print.
Millum, J. “Sharing the Benefits of Research Fairly: Two Approaches.” Journal of Medical
Ethics (2012). 219-223. Web. http://jme.bmj.com/content/38/4/219.full.pdf+html.
Rennie, Stuart, and Bavon Mupenda. “Living Apart Together: Reflections on bioethics, global inequality and social justice.” Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine (2008). Print.
Selgelid, Michael J. “Ethics and Infectious Disease.” Bioethics (2005): 272-289. Blackwell
Publishing. Web.
Global Health Ethics
Professor Jillson
May 2015
Final Exam
1) In our globalized international community there is an increasing awareness of the suffering of others from preventable diseases, malnutrition and conflict, and more pressure by a concerned public to take action. There is also the understanding that the health of the developed world is affected by previous illnesses and existing pandemics are seen as threats to global security and economics. The characteristics that drive global health also create ethical dilemmas: vulnerable populations whose health is threatened, groups who are marginalized or oppressed in their society, and who live in extreme poverty. Such conditions create enormous disparities between the …show more content…
Web. http://www.who.int/csr/resources/publications/drugresist/malaria.pdf.
Hoppes, Emily. “In the Wake of Tragedy: Medical Ethics and the Haiti Earthquake.” Fall 2011.
Wake Forest University Center for Bioethics, Health, and Society. Web. http://bioethics.wfu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/In-The-Wake-of-Tragedy-Haiti-Study-Guide-Final.pdf. (Accessed April 2015).
Jillson, Irene. “Global Health Ethics: Origins of Healthcare Ethics and Bioethics.” Class
Lecture. January 21, 2015. Print.
London, Alex John. “Justice and the Human Development Approach to International Research.”
The Hastings Center Report (2005). 24-37. Print.
Millum, J. “Sharing the Benefits of Research Fairly: Two Approaches.” Journal of Medical
Ethics (2012). 219-223. Web. http://jme.bmj.com/content/38/4/219.full.pdf+html.
Rennie, Stuart, and Bavon Mupenda. “Living Apart Together: Reflections on bioethics, global inequality and social justice.” Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine (2008). Print.
Selgelid, Michael J. “Ethics and Infectious Disease.” Bioethics (2005): 272-289. Blackwell
Publishing. Web.