Resumen:
Part I: Ideal theory -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Global bioethics and political theory / Joseph Millum -- 3. Is there a human right to essential pharmaceuticals? : the global common, the intellectual common, and the possibility of private intellectual property / Mathias Risse -- 4. Global justice and health : the basis of the global health duty / Jonathan Wolff -- 5. Justice in the diffusion of innovation / Allen Buchanan & Robert O. Keohane -- Part II. The relationship between ideal and non-ideal theory -- 6. Non-ideal theory: a taxonomy with illustration -- 7. The bioethics of second-best -- Part III. Non-ideal theory -- 8. Global justice and the "standard of care" debates / Ezekiel J. Emanuel -- 9. International NGO Health Programs in a non-ideal world: imperialism, respect, and procedural justice -- 10. Global-health impact labels -- 11. The obligations of researchers amidst injustice or deprivation / Alan Wertheimer.