Ruth Macklin

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Dr.

Ruth Macklin
Born
Ruth Chimacoff

(1938-03-27) March 27, 1938 (age 83)
Newark, New Jersey
NationalityAmerican
Alma materCornell University Case Western Reserve University
Awards, Lifetime Achievement Award, Public Responsibility in Research & Medicine (PRIM&R), , , ,
InstitutionsAlbert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City
Main interests
Bioethics

Ruth Macklin is an American philosopher and retired professor of bioethics.

Education[]

Ruth Macklin studied Philosophy at Cornell University then received Ph.D. in Philosophy from Case Western Reserve University.

Career[]

She is Distinguished University Professor Emerita at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City. She has more than 280 scholarly publications and books on HIV/AIDS, the ethics of human reproduction, the ethics of human subjects in research, health policy, , and more. She has been adviser to the World Health Organization, chairperson of a committee at UNAIDS and at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a member of several Ethical Review Committees, an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine, co-chair of the , is a member of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, served as President of the is a member of the , and was a [1] Macklin is a fellow of the Hastings Center, an independent bioethics research institution.[2]

Selected bibliography[]

Books[]

  • Macklin, Ruth; Gaylin, Willard; Powledge, Tabitha M. (1981). Violence and the politics of research. New York, New York: Plenum Press. ISBN 9780306407895.
  • Macklin, Ruth; Gaylin, Willard (1981). Mental retardation and sterilization: a problem of competency and paternalism. New York: Plenum Press. ISBN 9780306406898.
  • Macklin, Ruth (1982). Man, mind, and morality: the ethics of behavior control. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. ISBN 9780135511275.
  • Macklin, Ruth; Gaylin, Willard (1982). Who speaks for the child: the problems of proxy consent. New York, New York: Plenum Press. ISBN 9780306408601.
  • Macklin, Ruth (1987). Mortal choices: bioethics in today's world. New York, New York: Pantheon Books. ISBN 9780394559025.
  • Macklin, Ruth (1988). Mortal choices: ethical dilemmas in modern medicine. Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 9780395468470.
  • Macklin, Ruth (1993). Enemies of patients. New York, New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195072006.
  • Macklin, Ruth (1994). Surrogates & other mothers: the debates over assisted reproduction. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. ISBN 9781566391801.
  • Macklin, Ruth (1999). Against relativism: cultural diversity and the search for ethical universals in medicine. New York, New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195116328.
  • Macklin, Ruth (2004). Double standards in medical research in developing countries. Cambridge, UK New York, New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521541701.
  • Macklin, Ruth; et al. (2011). Intimidad, confidencialidad y protección de datos de salud: Aportaciones del IV Seminario Internacional sobre la "Declaración Universal sobre Bioética y Derechos Humanos" de la UNESCO. Cizur Menor: Civitas Thomson Reuters. ISBN 9788447037667.
  • Macklin, Ruth (2012). Ethics in global health: research, policy, and practice. New York, New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199890453.

Journal articles[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Ruth Macklin, Ph.D., Princeton University
  2. ^ The Hastings Center Hastings Center Fellows. Accessed November 6, 2010
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