On beginning with justice: Bioethics, advocacy and the rights of asylum seekers

The situation around the seeking of refuge, both in Australia and abroad, has become a core human rights issue of our time, engendering protest and activism from the public, researchers, healthcare professionals and academics. The question remains: do bioethicists have duties to advocate on behalf o...

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1. VerfasserIn: Zion, Deborah (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Wiley-Blackwell [2019]
In: Bioethics
Jahr: 2019, Band: 33, Heft: 8, Seiten: 890-895
RelBib Classification:NCD Politische Ethik
ZC Politik
weitere Schlagwörter:B Justice
B Advocacy
B Asylum Seekers
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Zusammenfassung:The situation around the seeking of refuge, both in Australia and abroad, has become a core human rights issue of our time, engendering protest and activism from the public, researchers, healthcare professionals and academics. The question remains: do bioethicists have duties to advocate on behalf of such populations, and if so, why? I argue that if our work is founded upon the principle of justice, then we do have such duties, and that our research, in itself, can become a form of advocacy.
ISSN:1467-8519
Enthält:Enthalten in: Bioethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/bioe.12660