ETHICS AND AIDS IN AFRICA: THE CHALLENGE TO OUR THINKING [Paperback]

Anton A Van Niekerk (Editor), Loretta M Kopelman (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1598740717 | ISBN-13: 978-1598740714 | Publication Date: November 15, 2006

Africa poses daunting medical, social, and economic challenges, placing local, regional, national, and international communities at a moral crossroads. This book, the first to systematically examine the ethical implications of the AIDS pandemic for Africa, examines such pressing questions as: How do we deal with the uncertainties surrounding AIDS statistics? Is it really too costly to provide people highly active antiretroviral therapies in Africa? What is the relationship between AIDS and poverty? Is the political leadership in South Africa doing what is right and prudent to meet the challenge of AIDS? Is the developed world responding responsibly and justly to this crisis in the developing world? Is it moral for companies to make profits from AIDS drugs? Given the scope of the crisis, ought First World ethical standards for doing research on AIDS drugs and vaccines to apply unchanged to Africa? Ought we to include children in research for AIDS vaccines, and if so, how? Why do people persist in regarding AIDS as punishment for sin?

--This text refers to the Library Binding edition.

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This first book to systematically examine the ethical implications of the AIDS pandemic for Africa, addresses such questions as the relationship between AIDS and poverty, the responsibility of the developed world to respond to the African, the morality of private companies profiting from AIDS drugs, the use of children in clinical trials, and other questions. --This text refers to the Library Binding edition.

About the Author

Anton A. Van Niekerk is Director of the Centre for Applied Ethics at the University of Stellenbosch.

Loretta M. Kopelman is Chairperson of the Department of Medical Humanities, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. --This text refers to the Library Binding edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Left Coast Press (November 15, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1598740717
• ISBN-13: 978-1598740714
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
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