Autonomy and Human Rights in Health Care - An International Perspective (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008)

This book offers a group of essays published in memory of David Thomasma, one of the leading humanists in the field of bioethics during the twentieth century. The authors represent many different countries and disciplines throughout the globe. The volume deals with the pressing issue of how to ground a universal bioethics in the context of the conflicted world of combative cultures and perspectives.