George Annas 4008882 213510346 2008-05-19T17:44:30Z 128.197.210.54 /* References */ '''George J. Annas''' is the Edward R. Utley Professor of Health Law, Bioethics & Human Rights, Chairman of Department of Health Law, Bioethics & Human Rights, at the [[Boston University School of Public Health]]. He holds a degree in economics from [[Harvard College]] and law from [[Harvard Law School]] and an M.P.H. from the [[Harvard School of Public Health]]. He is a widely published national expert in the field of health law, bioethics, and human rights, whose books include ''The Rights of Patients,'' "Judging Medicine," ''Some Choice: Law, Medicine and the Market,'' and "American Bioethics: Crossing Human Rights and Health Law Boundaries."<ref name=sph>{{cite web |url= http://sph.bu.edu/index.php?option=com_sphdir&id=239&Itemid=340&INDEX=577|title= Boston University School of Public Health|accessdate=2008-05-05 |format= |work= }}</ref> Annas is the cofounder of [[Global Lawyers and Physicians]], a transnational professional NGO dedicated to promoting human rights and health. He teaches health law and human rights courses in the [[Boston University School of Public Health]], the [[Boston University School of Law]], and the BU Medical School.<ref name="sph">m</ref> He is a member of the Board of Directors of the [[Council for Responsible Genetics]] and the [[Indigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism]], as well as a member of the Institute of Medicine.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.gene-watch.org/genewatch/articles/20-1RocheAnnas.html|title=Indigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism: Final Narrative Annual Report - January 1 to December 31, 2005|accessdate=2008-05-05 |format= |work= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.ipcb.org/about_us/annual_reports/annual_2005.html|title=New Genetic Privacy Concerns|accessdate=2008-05-05 |format= |work= Council for Responsible Genetics}}</ref><ref name=sph>m</ref> == See also == * [[Bioethics]] * [[Biopolitics]] * [[Transhumanism#Specter of coercive eugenics (Eugenics Wars argument)|''Eugenics Wars'' argument]] ==References== <references /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Annas, George}} [[Category:Bioethicists]] [[Category:Harvard Law School alumni]] [[Category:Harvard University alumni]] [[Category:Living people]] ==Videos== * George Annas and Wendy Mariner on [http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/buniverse/videos/view/?id=215 The Future of Health Law], on [http://www.bu.edu/today/buniverse/index.shtml BUniverse], [[Boston University's]] video archive.