The Family, Medical Decision-Making, and Biotechnology - Critical Reflections on Asian Moral Perspectives (Hardcover, 2007 ed.)

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 decision-making, human embryonic stem cell research, and health care financing. What is offered is a multifaceted insight into what distinguishes East Asian bioethical reflections. This volume opens with an exploration of the Confucian recognition of the family as an entity existing in its own right and which is not reducible to its members or their interests. As the essays in this volume show, this recognition of the family supports a notion of family autonomy that contrasts with Western individualistic accounts of proper medical decision-making.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Asian Studies in Bioethics and the Philosophy of Medicine, 91
Release date:	June 2007
First published:	June 2007
Editors:	Shui Chuen Lee
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	220
Edition:	2007 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4020-5219-4
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > Medical equipment & techniques > General Books > Professional & Technical > Biochemical engineering > Biotechnology > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Family & relationships > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Oriental religions > Confucianism Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Oriental religions > Confucianism
LSN:	1-4020-5219-7
Barcode:	9781402052194

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