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Genetic Counseling and Preventive Medicine in Post-War Bosnia

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Authors:
  1. Philip C. Aka

    1. International University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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  • Provides strategies for privileging preventive medicine in Bosnia and Herzegovina, through the instrumentality of genetic counseling, within the context of healthcare reforms

  • Uniquely contributes to three complementary fields of knowledge: bioethics, comparative healthcare studies, and comparative human rights studies

  • Offers a valuable and timely resource for academics, students and policymakers across various healthcare and science and technology fields

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Introduction

    • Philip C. Aka
    Pages 1-18

  3. Starting Point

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19
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    2. Background History: Constitutional Law of Healthcare in Bosnia and Herzegovina

      • Philip C. Aka
      Pages 21-30

    3. Features of the Bosnian Healthcare System

      • Philip C. Aka
      Pages 31-42

  4. Healthcare Reforms as Human Rights in Bosnia

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 43-43
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    2. Four Hallmarks of a Good Healthcare System: A Guide for Healthcare Reforms in Bosnia

      • Philip C. Aka
      Pages 45-69

  5. Toward Preventive Medicine in Bosnia

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-71
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    2. Defining Genetic Counseling

      • Philip C. Aka
      Pages 73-82

    3. Status of Genetic Counseling in the Bosnian Healthcare System

      • Philip C. Aka
      Pages 83-88

    4. Implementing Preventive Medicine in Bosnia Through Genetic Counseling

      • Philip C. Aka
      Pages 89-105

    5. Conclusions

      • Philip C. Aka
      Pages 107-113

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 115-137
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About this book

Genetic Counseling and Preventive Medicine in Post-War Bosnia offers a unique new perspective to longstanding debates on healthcare reforms in Bosnia. In this penetrating analysis, Philip C. Aka argues that twenty-five years after the ethnic war that shook Bosnia and Herzegovina to its foundations, healthcare reforms are a function of preventive medicine, defined as genetic counselling, backed by tobacco and alcohol control. At its core, the book offers a fresh examination of healthcare reforms in Bosnia set in the multidisciplinary field of bioethics, supplemented by comparative health studies, and comparative human rights. By offering an extensive list of electronically accessible literature on healthcare accessible in the public domain, Aka delivers an exemplar of research possibilities in the Information Age.

Authors and Affiliations

  • International University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Philip C. Aka

About the author

Philip C. Aka is professor and former Dean of the Faculty of Law at the International University of Sarajevo. In spring 2020, Aka was a visiting professor at the Southern Illinois University School of Law, USA. He is the author of the award-winning book Human Rights in Nigeria’s External Relations: Building the Record of a Moral Superpower (Lexington Books, 2017).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Genetic Counseling and Preventive Medicine in Post-War Bosnia

  • Authors: Philip C. Aka

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7987-5

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-7986-8Published: 30 September 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-7987-5Published: 29 September 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 137

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Medical Sociology, Sociology, general, Health Care Management

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