Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Part I: Social Ethics and Human Rights – Definitions and Institutional Policies

Chapter 1
Human Rights: A Brief Historical and Conceptual Account
(Laurence McCullough, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA)

Chapter 2
Human Research Subjects: The National and International Role of Institutional Review Boards in the Approval of Medical Devices and Pharmaceuticals
(Joseph Kass, and Rachel Rose, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA, and others)

Part II: Social Ethics, Human Rights, and Those Living on the Edge – The Homeless, New Immigrants, the HIV Infected, and Sex Trade Workers

Chapter 3
Homelessness and Medical Education: Examining the Ethical and Practical Considerations of Serving the Most in Need
(Winnie Yiyun Zou, and David S. Buck, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA)

Chapter 4
Immigration and Health
(Sister Veronica Schuler, Catholic Charities, Houston, TX, USA)

Chapter 5
AIDS and Discrimination
(Mark Tschaepe, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX, USA)

Chapter 6
What Should Medical Students Know about the Global Sex Trade?
(Susan M. Miller, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA)

Part III: Social Ethics, Human Right, and New Science

Chapter 7
The Genetic Revolution and Medical Education
(Wayne X. Shandera, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA)

Chapter 8
Medical Ethics, Human Rights, and Torture
(Yuanzhou Wu, New York University School of Law, New York City, NY, USA)

Chapter 9
A New Medical Curriculum for the Nuclear Age
(Wayne X. Shandera, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA)

About the Editor

List of Contributors

Index