The family, medical decision-making, and biotechnology : critical reflections on Asian moral perspectives / editor, Shui Chuen Lee.
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TextSeries: Philosophy and medicine ; v. 91.Publisher: Dordrecht : Springer, [2007]Copyright date: ©2007Description: xii, 220 pages ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1402052197
- 9781402052194
- Medical ethics -- Asia -- Congresses
- Medical ethics -- Cross-cultural studies -- Congresses
- Bioethics -- Asia -- Cross-cultural studies -- Congresses
- Families -- Asia -- Cross-cultural studies -- Congresses
- Biotechnology -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Genetic engineering -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Confucianism
- Cross-Cultural Comparison
- Asia
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"This book grows out from the proceedings of the Third International Conference of Bioethics on The Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of Human Pluri-potent Stem Cells held on June 24-28, 2002 and the Fourth International Conferences of Bioethics on Biotechnology, Family and Community on June 24-26, 2004 at National Central University and National Taiwan University, Taiwan." --P. xi.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Medicine and the biomedical technologies in the context of Asian perspectives / Shui Chuen Lee and Justin Ho -- Confucian familism and its bioethical implications / Ruiping Fan -- The family in transition and in authority: the impact of biotechnology / H. Tristram Engelhardt -- Family life, bioethics and Confucianism / Stephen A. Erickson -- The moral ground of truth telling guideline development: the choice between autonomy and paternalism / Shuh-Jen Sheu -- Truth telling to the sick and dying in a traditional Chinese culture / Stephen Wear -- On relational autonomy: from feminist critique to Confucian model for clinical practice / Shui Chuen Lee -- Regulating sex selection in a patriarchal society: lessons from Taiwan / Wenmay Rei -- Modern biotechnology and the postmodern family / Leonardo D. De Castro -- The ethics of human embryonic stem cell research and the interests of the family / Ruiping Fan -- A Confucian evaluation of embryonic stem cell research and the moral status of human embryos / Shui Chuen Lee -- Regulations for human embryonic stem cell research in East Asian countries: a Confucian critique / Hon Chung Wong -- Stem cell research: an Islamic perspective / Sahin Aksoy, Abdurrahman Elmali and Anwar Nasim -- Why Western culture, unlike Confucian culture, is so concerned about embryonic stem cell research: the Christian roots of the difference / H. Tristram Engelhardt -- Confucian healthcare system in Singapore: a family-oriented approach to financial sustainability / Kris Su Hui Teo -- Respect for the elderly and family responsibility: Confucian response to the old age allowance policy in Hong Kong / Erika H. Y. Yu -- Is Singapore's health care system congruent with Confucianism? / Justin Ho.
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