Overview
Part of the book series: Philosophy and Medicine (PHME, volume 80)
Part of the book sub series: Asian Studies in Bioethics and the Philosophy of Medicine (ASBP)
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction: Bioethics and Asian Culture - A Quest for Moral Diversity
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The Foundations of Bioethics in Asia
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Bioethis in Asian Culture: Global or Local?
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Life, Death, Euthanasia and End-of-Life Care
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Bioethics, Policy, and Law in Asia
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Keywords
About this book
- is the first volume on bioethics all contributors of which are exclusively non-western scholars;
- unfolds a rich and colourful picture;
- addresses thorny bioethical issues from comprehensive Asian perspectives and different from the western paradigm of bioethics;
- covers many topics including the intellectual foundation of Asian bioethics, bioethics and Asian culture, life and death, euthanasia and end-of-life care in Asia;
- shows in its discussions moral diversity in Asia;
- sheds light on the debate about universal ethics, global ethics and moral diversity.
The book is intended for senior undergraduate and graduate students interested in bioethics as well as for bioethicists, philosophers, physicians, scholars of Asian and culture studies, geneticists, sinologists, medical anthropologists, health administrators, health officials for relations with Asia, foundation officers for health programs in Asia, western journalists in Asia and officers of international organizations for Asia.Reviews
From the reviews:
"This volume can be regarded as the latest contribution in a series of works that attempt to explore an original path towards modernity. This approach, rooted in the fields of bioethics, is said to be nursed by sources of East Asian traditions and to respond to the characteristics of the different societies in the region. … For a European observer, this book provides a welcome opportunity to discuss the achievements of this school in some detail." (Ole Döring, East Asian Science, Technology, and Medicine, Vol. 25, 2007)
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Bioethics: Asian Perspectives
Book Subtitle: A Quest for Moral Diversity
Editors: Ren-Zong Qiu
Series Title: Philosophy and Medicine
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0419-9
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2004
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-1795-7Published: 31 December 2003
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-6509-4Published: 04 December 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-0419-9Published: 29 June 2013
Series ISSN: 0376-7418
Series E-ISSN: 2215-0080
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 242
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Life Sciences, general, Ethics, Philosophy of Medicine, Non-Western Philosophy