{"product_id":"beyond-a-western-bioethics-9780878408740","title":"Beyond a Western Bioethics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn\u003ci\u003e Beyond a Western Bioethics\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerican 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProvides 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForewordLeonardo 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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Georgetown University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039033459031,"sku":"9780878408740","price":54.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780878408740.jpg?v=1750942345","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/beyond-a-western-bioethics-9780878408740","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}