Disaster Bioethics: Normative Issues When Nothing is Normal

"This edited volume brings together an interdisciplinary array of scholars from around the world to discuss disaster bioethics. ... book offers an insightful examination of some neglected topics within the larger study of disasters that warrant inquiry. ... Disaster Bioethics is a much needed contribution to a field that struggles with how to carry out research in extreme situations. It should be read, at the very least, by any scholar or practitioner who wishes to conduct fieldwork in disaster research." (Nathalie Baker, Natural Hazards Observer, Vol. 39 (6), July, 2015) "The book is comprised of 13 chapters ... contributed by individual authors and divided into two sections. ... It will serve to shape and focus future research and debate. ... This is a volume that will be of value to those interested in exploring the acceptable ethical bounds of conduct during times of disaster. Such individuals should include not only ethicists but also public health professionals, humanitarian aid workers, and academics who might conduct research in a disaster setting." (James D. Hearn, Bioethical Inquiry, Vol. 12, 2015)

• Chapter 1 Disaster Bioethics: An Introduction.- Chapter 2 Macro-triage in Disaster Planning.- Chapter 3 Ethics and Emergency Disaster Response. Normative Approaches and Training Needs for Humanitarian Health Care Providers.- Chapter 4 Triage in Disaster Medicine: Ethical Strategies in Various Scenarios            Chapter 5 When Relief Comes from a Different Culture: Sri Lanka’s Experience of the Asian Tsunami References.- Chapter 6 Ethical Issues in Health Communications: Strategies for the (Inevitable) Next Pandemic.- Chapter 7 Evidence and Healthcare needs during Disasters.- Part II.- Chapter 8 Interests Divided: Risks to Disaster Research Subjects vs. Benefits to Future Disaster Victims.- Chapter 9 Purple Dinosaurs and Victim Consent to Research in Disasters.- Chapter 10 Setting Disaster Research Priorities. - Chapter 11 Studying Vulnerable Populations in the Context of Enhanced Vulnerability.- Chapter 12 Research Ethics Governance in Disaster Situations.- Chapter 13 Ethical Concerns in Disaster Research – A South African Perspective.- References.- Appendix I - Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and NGOs in Disaster Relief.- Appendix II - WMA Statement on Medical Ethics in the Event of Disasters.- Index