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Book SynopsisIn 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 Phil
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Provides a fresh perspective on how medical ethics are developed and practiced in a developing nation. It successfully challenges the parochial wisdom of the notion of global bioethical standards. The volume argues effectively that in many situations a global bioethical standard makes no sense. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine
Table of Contents
ForewordLeonardo Z. Legaspi PrefaceEdmund D. Pellegrino From Western to Filipino Bioethics: An Acknowledgment in Gratitude for Having Been a Colleague in a Marvelous Intellectual and Moral JourneyH. Tristam Engelhardt Western Bioethics Recondsidered: An IntroductionH. Tristam Engelhardt Part I: FILIPINO BIOETHICS: THE FOUNDATIONSAn Introduction to an Authenticallyy Non-Western BioethicsAngeles Tan Alora and Josephine M. Lumitao Part II: THE ROLE OF THE FAMILYThe Family and Health Care PracticesLetty G. Kuan and Josephine M. Lumitao The Family versus the Individual: Family PlanningAngeles Tan Alora, Danilo Tiong, and Josephine M. Lumitao Care of the ElderlyVictoria Pusung Part III: THE HEALTH CARE TEAMProfessional Relationships in Health CareAntonio Cabezon, OP, Edna G. Monzon, and Angelica Francisco Conscience and Health Care Practices: The Casde of the PhilippinesLetty G. Kuan and Tamerlane Lana, OP Honesty, Loyalty, and CheatingAngeles Tan AloraPhilanthropy and NepotismAngelica Francisco Part IV: FACING HARD CHOICESEthical Issues in the Pediatric Intensive Care UnitAngeles Tan Alora and Mary Jean Villareal-Guno AIDS in the Developing World: The Case of the PhilippinesJosephine M. Lumitao Human Organ TransplantsDanilo C. Tiong Death and DyingJosephine M. Lumitao Part V: ALLOCATION AND JUSTICEAllocation of Scarce Resources: macro-, Meso-, and Micro-Level ConcernsAngeles Tan Alora and Josephine Lumitao Ethical Issues in ResearchAngeles Tan Alora A Tax on Luxury Health Cae, Generic Drugs, and a Proposal for a New Preferential Option for the PoorAngeles Tan Alora The Virtues and Vices of DumpingAngeles Tan Alora APPENDIX/BACKGROUND READINGSIn the Compassion of Jesus: A Pastoral Letter On AIDSThe Catholic Bishop's Conference of the Philippines Anti-Abortive Drugs Act of 1995Tenth Congress of the Republic of the Philippines The Patients' Rights Act of 1995Tenth Congress of the Republic of the Philippines Code of EthicsBoard of medicine The PhilippinesAngles Tan Alora and Josephine M. Lumitao GlossaryContributorsIndex
