A detailed view of implications of Confucian thought for bioethics
An introduction to why East Asian medical practice and the norms for human embryonic research are so different from that in North America and Europe
Provides a detailed exploration of why the concept of the family plays such a central role in East Asian medical decision-making
A deillegalscription of why the research ethics debate regarding human embryos is in strong contrast to much of that in the West
A rich resource for cross cultural studies of the role of the family in East Asian health care
This book examines the implications of Confucian moral and ontological understandings for medical decision-making, human embryonic stem cell research, and health care financing. The book reveals East Asian attitudes on the moral status of human embryos and the morality of embryonic stem cell research that are quite different from Christian and Muslim cultural perspectives. The book also discusses how Confucian cultural resources can help meet the challenges of health care financing.
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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. There are analyses of basic concepts as well as explorations of their implications for actual medical practice. The conflicts in East Asian countries between traditional Confucian and Western bioethics are explored as well as the tension between the new reproductive technologies and traditional understandings of the family. The studies of East Asian reflections concerning the moral status of human embryos and the morality of human embryo stem cell research disclose a set of concerns quite different from those anchored in Christian and Muslim cultural perspectives. The volume closes with an exploration of how Confucian cultural resources can be drawn upon to meet the contemporary challenges of health care financing.
Preface Shui Chuen Lee I. A View from Asia: An Introduction Shui Chuen Lee, Justin Ho Medicine and the Biomedical Technologies in the Context of Asian Perspectives II. The Family and its Impact on Bioethics and Personhood Ruiping Fan Confucian Familism and its Implications for Bioethics H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr. The Family in Transition and in Authority: The Impact of Biotechnology Stephen Erickson Family Life, Bioethics, and Confucianism III. Medical Decision-Making and Traditional Conception of the Family Shuh-Jen Sheu A Truth-Telling Guideline: The Choice Between Patient Family Autonomy Stephen Wear Truth-Telling to the Sick and Dying in Traditional Chinese Culture: A Reappraisal Shui Chuen Lee On Relational Autonomy: From Feminist Critique to a Confucian Model for Clinical Practice Leonardo D. de Castro Reproductive Technology and Post-traditional Family IV. Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research: Confucian, Islamic, and Western Perspectives Ruiping Fan The Ethics of Experimenting with Human Pluripotent Stem Cells and the Interests of the Family Shui Chuen Lee A Confucian Evaluation of Embryonic Stem Cell Experimentation: An Analysis of the Moral Status of Human Embryos Wen-May Rei Reproductive Choices in a Patriarchal, Legal, and Social Institution: Sex Selection in Taiwan Wong Hon Chung Regulations for Human Embryonic Stem Research in East Asian Countries: A Confucian Critique Sahin Aksoy, Anwar Nasim An Islamic Approach to Stem Cell Experimentation H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr. Why Western Culture, Unlike Confucian Culture, is so Concerned about Embryonic Stem Cell Research: The Christian Roots of the Difference V. Taking the Family Seriously: Confucian Approaches to Health Care Financing Kris Teo Confucian Health Care System in Singapore: A Family-oriented Approach to Financial Sustainability Erika Yu Respect for the Elderly and Family Responsibility: A Confucian Response to the Old Age Allowance Policy in Hong Kong Jeremy Garrett and Justin Ho The Family and Medical Savings Accounts: Reflections on Confucian Approaches to Health Care Financing VI. A Concluding, Quasi-Confucian Postillegalscript Ruiping Fan Reflecting on the Family, Confucius, H. T. Engelhardt, Jr. and the Health Care Challenges of the 21st Century
From the reviews:
"The most recent achievements of ... search for an Asian bioethics as an intellectual endeavour. Very informative and thought-provoking, they are the results of many years´ labour and offer important contributions to bioethics in Asia and the world. ... Growing out from two international conferences in Taiwan organised by the editor, it constitutes Volume 91 of the well-established book series `Philosophy and Medicine´ ... . have significantly contributed in filling up a huge intellectual gap in international as well as Asian bioethics." (Asian Bioethics Review, December, 2008)
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. There are analyses of basic concepts as well as explorations of their implications for actual medical practice. The conflicts in East Asian countries between traditional Confucian and Western bioethics are explored as well as the tension between the new reproductive technologies and traditional understandings of the family. The studies of East Asian reflections concerning the moral status of human embryos and the morality of human embryo stem cell research disclose a set of concerns quite different from those anchored in Christian and Muslim cultural perspectives. The volume closes with an exploration of how Confucian cultural resources can be drawn upon to meet the contemporary challenges of health care financing.
Medicine and the Biomedical Technologies in the Context of Asian Perspectives.- Confucian Familism and its Bioethical Implications.- The Family in Transition and in Authority.- Family Life, Bioethics and Confucianism.- The Moral Ground of Truth Telling Guideline Development.- Truth Telling to the Sick and Dying in a Traditional Chinese Culture.- On Relational Autonomy.- Regulating sex selection in a patriarchal society.- Modern Biotechnology and the Postmodern Family.- The Ethics of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research and the Interests of the Family.- A Confucian Evaluation of Embryonic Stem Cell Research and the Moral Status of Human Embryos.- Regulations for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research in East Asian Countries.- Stem Cell Research.- Why Western Culture, Unlike Confucian Culture, Is so Concerned About Embryonic Stem Cell Research.- Confucian Healthcare System in Singapore.- Respect for the Elderly and Family Responsibility.- Is Singapore's Health Care System Congruent with Confucianism?.
From the reviews:
"The most recent achievements of ... search for an Asian bioethics as an intellectual endeavour. Very informative and thought-provoking, they are the results of many years' labour and offer important contributions to bioethics in Asia and the world. ... Growing out from two international conferences in Taiwan organised by the editor, it constitutes Volume 91 of the well-established book series 'Philosophy and Medicine' ... . have significantly contributed in filling up a huge intellectual gap in international as well as Asian bioethics." (Asian Bioethics Review, December, 2008)
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Medicine and the Biomedical Technologies in the Context of Asian Perspectives.- Confucian Familism and its Bioethical Implications.- The Family in Transition and in Authority.- Family Life, Bioethics and Confucianism.- The Moral Ground of Truth Telling Guideline Development.- Truth Telling to the Sick and Dying in a Traditional Chinese Culture.- On Relational Autonomy.- Regulating sex selection in a patriarchal society.- Modern Biotechnology and the Postmodern Family.- The Ethics of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research and the Interests of the Family.- A Confucian Evaluation of Embryonic Stem Cell Research and the Moral Status of Human Embryos.- Regulations for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research in East Asian Countries.- Stem Cell Research.- Why Western Culture, Unlike Confucian Culture, Is so Concerned About Embryonic Stem Cell Research.- Confucian Healthcare System in Singapore.- Respect for the Elderly and Family Responsibility.- Is Singapore's Health Care System Congruent with Confucianism?.
Klappentext
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. There are analyses of basic concepts as well as explorations of their implications for actual medical practice. The conflicts in East Asian countries between traditional Confucian and Western bioethics are explored as well as the tension between the new reproductive technologies and traditional understandings of the family. The studies of East Asian reflections concerning the moral status of human embryos and the morality of human embryo stem cell research disclose a set of concerns quite different from those anchored in Christian and Muslim cultural perspectives. The volume closes with an exploration of how Confucian cultural resources can be drawn upon to meet the contemporary challenges of health care financing.
A detailed view of implications of Confucian thought for bioethics
An introduction to why East Asian medical practice and the norms for human embryonic research are so different from that in North America and Europe
Provides a detailed exploration of why the concept of the family plays such a central role in East Asian medical decision-making
A deillegalscription of why the research ethics debate regarding human embryos is in strong contrast to much of that in the West
A rich resource for cross cultural studies of the role of the family in East Asian health care
