The Family, Medical Decision-Making, and Biotechnology (eBook, PDF)

Critical Reflections on Asian Moral Perspectives

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Produktbeschreibung

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Netherland
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Mai 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781402052200
• Artikelnr.: 37353724

Autorenporträt

Shui Chuen Lee, National Central University, Chungli, Taiwan

Inhaltsangabe

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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?.

Rezensionen

From the reviews:

"The most recent achievements of ... search for an Asian bioethics as an intellectual endeavour. Very informative and thought-provoking, they are the results of many years' labour and offer important contributions to bioethics in Asia and the world. ... Growing out from two international conferences in Taiwan organised by the editor, it constitutes Volume 91 of the well-established book series 'Philosophy and Medicine' ... . have significantly contributed in filling up a huge intellectual gap in international as well as Asian bioethics." (Asian Bioethics Review, December, 2008)