Background
Macklin, Ruth was born on March 27, 1938 in Newark. Daughter of Hyman and Frieda (Yaruss) Chimacoff.
(This book examines the ethical controversies that have su...)
This book examines the ethical controversies that have surrounded the design and conduct of international medical research sponsored by industrialized countries or industry, and carried out in developing countries. Is it acceptable to lower the ethical standards adopted in the industrialized world when carrying out research in developing, or resource-poor, countries? Ruth Macklin concludes that double standards in medical research are ethically unacceptable.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0521541700/?tag=2022091-20
( Developments in new reproductive technologies have con...)
Developments in new reproductive technologies have confounded public policy and created legal and ethical quandaries for professionals and ordinary citizens alike. Drawing from the most current medical, psychiatric, legal, and bioethical literature, Ruth Macklin, noted author and philosopher, presents the arguments surrounding these advances through the voices of fictional characters. The episodes she narrates are based on real-life situations, both from her personal experience as a hospital ethicist and from the public arena, where such controversial court cases as that of Baby M have sparked a multitude of disparate opinions on surrogacy, in vitro fertilization, and egg and sperm donor program. Macklin's hypoethical tale centers on Bonnie and Larry, an infertile couple longing for a child. As the couple's quest to become parents begins, they discover that Bonnie is physically incapable of carrying a pregnancy to term. Desperate to explore their options, Bonnie and Larry attempt adoption but are rejected by the agency without explanation. Finally, they contemplate surrogacy as their last chance to have a child. Seeking advice and answers, they consult health professionals, lawyers, pastoral counselors, and a bioethicist. In the course of this complicated and often painful decision-making process, they attend meetings of a government task force on reproduction where they hear both radical and liberal feminist positions. Their experiences with friends, family members, two surrogates, hospital ethics committees, and special interest groups underscore the difficulty of coming to a consensus on such issues as AIDS, the right to privacy, premenstrual syndrome, the violation of surrogate contracts, and the responsibilities of therapists and physicians to their patients and to the community at large.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1566391806/?tag=2022091-20
(This book analyzes the debate surrounding cultural divers...)
This book analyzes the debate surrounding cultural diversity and its implications for ethics. If ethics are relative to particular cultures or societies, then it is not possible to hold that there are any fundamental human rights. The author examines the role of cultural tradition, often used as a defense against critical ethical judgments, and explores key issues in health and medicine in the context of cultural diversity: the physician-patient relationship, disclosing a diagnosis of a fatal illness, informed consent, brain death and organ transplantation, rituals surrounding birth and death, female genital mutilation, sex selection of offspring, fertility regulation, and biomedical research involving human subjects. Among the conclusions the author reaches are that ethical universals exist but must not be confused with ethical absolutes. The existence of ethical universals is compatible with a variety of culturally relative interpretations, and some rights related to medicine and health care should be considered human rights. Illustrative examples are drawn from the author's experiences serving on international ethical review committees and her travels to countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, where she conducted educational workshops and carried out her own research.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0195116321/?tag=2022091-20
Macklin, Ruth was born on March 27, 1938 in Newark. Daughter of Hyman and Frieda (Yaruss) Chimacoff.
Bachelor with distinction, Cornell University, 1958. Master of Arts in Philosophy, Case Western Reserve University, 1966. Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy, Case Western Reserve University, 1968.
Instructor in philosophy, Case Western Reserve U., Cleveland, 1967-1968;
assistant professor, Case Western Reserve U., Cleveland, 1968-1971;
associate professor, Case Western Reserve U., Cleveland, 1971-1976;
associate for behavioral studies, The Hastings Center, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, 1976-1980;
visiting associate professor, Albert Einstein College Medicine, Bronx, New York, 1977-1978;
associate professor, Albert Einstein College Medicine, Bronx, New York, 1978-1984;
professor department epidemiology and social medicine, Albert Einstein College Medicine, Bronx, New York, since 1984. Consultant National Institutes of Health, since 1986. Advisor World Health Organization, Geneva, since 1989.
Member White House Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments, Washington, 1994-1996. Chair ethical review committee Joint United Nations Programme on Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Geneva, since 1996.
(This book examines the ethical controversies that have su...)
( Developments in new reproductive technologies have con...)
(A young man, terminally ill and in extreme suffering, ask...)
(This book analyzes the debate surrounding cultural divers...)
(Man, Mind and Mortality)
Fellow: American Public Health Association, American Society Law, Medicine and Ethics, Institute Medicine National Academy of Sciences, The Hastings Center, American Philosophys. Association (life); member: American Society Bioethics and Humanities (board directors 1997-1999), International Association Bioethics (president 1999—2001).
D. Hyman and Frieda (Yaruss) Chimacoff. Married Martin Macklin, September 1, 1957 (divorced June 1969): children: Meryl, Shelley Macklin Taylor.