The Rising Global Cancer Pandemic - Hardcover

by Andrea S. J. Vicini (Editor), Philip J. Landrigan (Editor), Kurt Straif (Editor)

The Global Theological Ethics book series focuses on works that feature authors from around the world, draw on resources from the traditions of Catholic theological ethics, and attend to concrete issues facing the world today. It advances the Journal of Moral Theology's mission of fostering scholarship deeply rooted in traditions of inquiry about the moral life, engaged with contemporary issues, and exploring the interface of Catholic moral theology, philosophy, economics, political philosophy, psychology, and more.

Author Biography

Andrea Vicini, SJ, is Chairperson, Michael P. Walsh Professor of Bioethics, and Professor of Theological Ethics in the Theology Department at Boston College. He also holds a M.D. from the University of Bologna and a S.T.D. from the Pontifical Faculty of Theology of Southern Italy in Naples.

Philip J. Landrigan, M.D., MSc, FAAP, is Director of the Global Public Health and the Common Good program and director of the Global Observatory on Pollution and Health at Boston College.

Kurt Straif, M.D., Ph.D., is currently visiting professor of epidemiology at Boston College and co-director of the Global Observatory on pollution at health with the schiller institute for integrated science and society.