The Family, Medical Decision-Making, and Biotechnology Critical Reflections On Asian Moral Perspectives /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Lee, Shui Chuen (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
• Σειρά: Philosophy and Medicine ; 91
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Biotechnology.; Ethics.; Medicine > Philosophy.; Social groups.; Family.; Youth.; Biomedicine.; Biomedicine general.; Sociology of Familiy, Youth and Aging.; Philosophy of Medicine.; Medicine/Public Health, general.

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 decisio...