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In "Beyond a Western Bioethics", physicians Angeles Tan Alora and Josephine M. Lumitao join eight other contributors to provide a comprehensive exploration of bioethical issues outside of the dominant American and western European model. Using the Philippines as a case study, they address how a developing country's economy, religion, and culture affect the bioethical landscape for doctors, patients, families, and the society as a whole. American principles of medical ethics assume the primacy of individual autonomy, the importance of truth-telling and secular standards of justice and morality. In the Philippines, these standards are often at odds with a culture in which family relationships take precedence over individualism, and ideas of community, friendship, and religion can deeply influence personal behavior. Pervasive poverty further complicates the equation. Contributors move from a general discussion of the moral vision informing health care decisions in the Philippines to an exploration of a wide range of specific cases: family planning, care of the elderly, organ transplants, death and dying, medical research, AIDS care, doctor-patient relationships, informed consent, and the allocation of scarce health-care resources. Written for both students and professionals, this book provides a much-needed perspective on how medical ethics are practiced in a developing nation, and it successfully challenges the wisdom of global bioethical standards that do not account for local cultural and economic differences.

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Zařazení knihy Knihy v angličtině Medicine Medicine: general issues Medical profession

• Plný název: Beyond a Western Bioethics
• Podnázev: Voices from the Developing World
• Autor: Angeles Tan Alora, Josephine M. Lumitao
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Vazba: Pevná
• Počet stran: 176
• EAN: 9780878408740
• ISBN: 0878408746
• ID: 04751721
• Nakladatelství: Georgetown University Press
• Hmotnost: 428 g
• Rozměry: 164 × 237 × 16 mm
• Datum vydání: 20. July 2001

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