An Ethical Framework for Global Governance for Health Research [Paperback]

This book provides a comprehensive description and ethical analysis of one of the most challenging areas: international health research. Furthermore, it provides a vivid portrait of the current situation of global governance for health research and its main challenges and suggests a comprehensive and universal ethical framework based on the existing theories and frameworks. This work is a must-read for all the students, scholars, professionals, activists, and policy-makers who are involved or interested in the global health research enterprise and its governance and ethics.

Chapter 1: Definition, Conceptual Analysis, and History.- Chapter 2: Situation Analysis.- Chapter 3: The Main Challenges and their Ethical Nature.- Chapter 4: Case Studies of Global Governance for Health Research.- Chapter 5: A Normative Framework.- Chapter 6: Futurology and Conclusions.- Appendix 1: Abbreviations.- Appendix 2: UNESCO Declaration of Bioethics and Human Rights.

Kiarash Aramesh M.D., Ph.D., is the director of The James F. Drane Bioethics Institute at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania (EUP). He is also a faculty member at the Department of Biology and Health Sciences at the School of Science and Health Professions, EUP. Before starting his current position in 2018, he was a faculty member at Medical Ethics and History of Medicine Research Center at Tehran University of Medical Sciences and a scholar in residence at the Center for Healthcare Ethics at Duquesne University. He is a medical doctor, and his specialty is in community medicine. He has also received a Ph.D. degree in Healthcare Ethics from Duquesne University. His Ph.D. dissertation was supervised by Henk ten Have who is a world scholar in the field of global bioethics.  Over the past fourteen years, Dr. Aramesh has been involved in various research oversiglã¨