Cross-cultural perspectives on the (im) possibility of global bioethics
By: edited by Julia Tao Lai Po-wah.
Contributors: Tao, Julia Lai Po-Wah, 1946-
Series: Philosophy and medicine -- v. 71; Asian studies in bioethics and the philosophy of medicine -- 2; Philosophy and medicine -- v. 71; Philosophy and medicine
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub.
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Dordrecht; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 399
Subjects: Medical ethics -- Cross-cultural studies.; Bioethics -- Cross-cultural studies.
Genres: Cross-cultural studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: PREFACE vii; title: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ix; title: JULIA TAO LAI PO-WAH / Global Bioethics, Global Dialogue:; title: Introduction 1; title: H. TRISTRAM ENGELHARDT, JR. / Morality, Universality,; title: and Particularity: Rethinking the Role of Community in the; title: Foundations of Bioethics 19 PART I / COMMUNITY AND CARE: LOST; title: PERSPECTIVES?; title: JULIA TAO LAI PO-WAH / Is Just Caring Possible? Challenge to; title: Bioethics in the New Century 41; title: FR. THOMAS JOSEPH / Living and Dying in a Post-traditional World 59 PART II / THE (IM)POSSIBILITY OF GLOBAL; title: BIOETHICS; title: REN-ZONG QIU / The Tension between Biomedical Technology and; title: Confucian Values 71; title: HU XINHE / On Relational Paradigm in Bioethics 89; title: GERHOLD K. BECKER / The Ethics of Prenatal Screening and the; title: Search for Global Bioethics 105; title: IAN HOLLIDAY / Genetic Engineering and Social Justice: Towards a; title: Global Bioethics? 131; title: CORINNA DELKESKAMP-HAYES / Global Biomedicine, Human; title: Dignity, and the Moral Justification of Political Power 149; title: SHUI CHUEN LEE / The Reappraisal of the Foundations of Bioethics:; title: A Confucian Perspective 179; title: PART III / MORAL DILEMMAS IN HEALTH CARE; title: YU KAM POR / Self-ownership and Its Implications for Bioethics 197; title: SARAH MARCHAND AND DANIEL WIKLER / Health Inequalities and; title: Justice 209; title: CHAN HO MUN AND ANTHONY FUNG / Managing Medical; title: Information: The Moral Dilemmas in Postmoder Societies 223; title: KURT W. SCHMIDT / Stabilizing or Changing Identity? The Ethical; title: Problem of Sex Reassignment Surgery as a Conflict among the; title: Individual, Community, and Society 237; title: STEPHEN MAN-HUNG SZE / Homosexuality and the Use of; title: Reproductive Technology 265; title: GEORGE KHUSHF / The Domain of Parental Discretion in Treatment; title: of Neonates: Beyond the Impasse between a Sanctity-of-Life and; title: Quality-of-Life Ethic 277; title: DERRICK K. S. AU / Ethics and Narrative in Evidence-Based; title: Medicine 299 PART IV / NEW STRATEGIES, NEW POSSIBILITIES; title: MARY ANN G. CUTTER / Local Bioethical Discourse: Implications; title: for Understanding Disease 319; title: CHUNG-YING CHENG / Bioethics and Philosophy of Bioethics:; title: A New Orientation 335; title: HYAKUDAI SAKAMOTO / A New Possibility of Global Bioethics; title: as an Intercultural Social Tuning Technology 359; title: RUIPING FAN / Moral Theories vs. Moral Perspectives:; title: The Need for a New Strategy for Bioethical Exploration 369; title: NOTES ON EDITOR AND CONTRIBUTORS 391; title: INDEX 393.