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The Family, Medical Decision-Making, and Biotechnology Critical Reflections on Asian Moral Perspectives /

East Asian medicine, biomedical research, and health care policy are framed by their own set of moral and cultural commitments. Chief among these is the influence of Confucian ideas. A rich portrayal is offered of the implications of Confucian moral and ontological understandings for medical decisio...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Lee, Shui Chuen (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2007.
Edición:1st ed. 2007.
Colección:Asian Studies in Bioethics and the Philosophy of Medicine ; 91
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Medicine and the Biomedical Technologies in the Context of Asian Perspectives
  • Confucian Familism and its Bioethical Implications
  • The Family in Transition and in Authority
  • Family Life, Bioethics and Confucianism
  • The Moral Ground of Truth Telling Guideline Development
  • Truth Telling to the Sick and Dying in a Traditional Chinese Culture
  • On Relational Autonomy
  • Regulating sex selection in a patriarchal society
  • Modern Biotechnology and the Postmodern Family
  • The Ethics of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research and the Interests of the Family
  • A Confucian Evaluation of Embryonic Stem Cell Research and the Moral Status of Human Embryos
  • Regulations for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research in East Asian Countries
  • Stem Cell Research
  • Why Western Culture, Unlike Confucian Culture, Is so Concerned About Embryonic Stem Cell Research
  • Confucian Healthcare System in Singapore
  • Respect for the Elderly and Family Responsibility
  • Is Singapore's Health Care System Congruent with Confucianism?.