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의학양서

family, medical decision-making, and biotechnology :critical reflections on Asian moral perspectives

Lee Shui Chuen

Philosophy and medicine ; vv. 91

Dordrecht : Springer c2007.

xii, 220 p ; 24 cm.

"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 / Confucian familism and its bioethical implications / The family in transition and in authority: the impact of biotechnology / Family life, bioethics and Confucianism / The moral ground of truth telling guideline development: the choice between autonomy and paternalism / Truth telling to the sick and dying in a traditional Chinese culture / On relational autonomy: from feminist critique to Confucian model for clinical practice / Regulating sex selection in a patriarchal society: lessons from Taiwan / Modern biotechnology and the postmodern family / The ethics of human embryonic stem cell research and the interests of the family / Regulations for human embryonic stem cell research in East Asian countries: a Confucian critique / Stem cell research: an Islamic perspective / Why Western culture, unlike Confucian culture, is so concerned about embryonic stem cell research: the Christian roots of the difference / Confucian healthcare system in Singapore: a family-oriented approach to financial sustainability / Respect for the elderly and family responsibility: Confucian response to the old age allowance policy in Hong Kong / Is Singapore's health care system congruent with Confucianism? /

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