Beyond a Western Bioethics
Voices from the Developing World
Published on 20. July 2001
Book
Hardback
176 pages
978-0-87840-874-0 (ISBN)
Description
In "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 Philippines to an exploration of a wide range of specific cases: family planning, care of the elderly, organ transplants, death and dying, medical research, AIDS care, doctor-patient relationships, informed consent, and the allocation of scarce health-care resources. Written for both students and professionals, this book provides a much-needed perspective on how medical ethics are practiced in a developing nation, and it successfully challenges the wisdom of global bioethical standards that do not account for local cultural and economic differences.
Contributors move from a general discussion of the moral vision informing health care decisions in the Philippines to an exploration of a wide range of specific cases: family planning, care of the elderly, organ transplants, death and dying, medical research, AIDS care, doctor-patient relationships, informed consent, and the allocation of scarce health-care resources. Written for both students and professionals, this book provides a much-needed perspective on how medical ethics are practiced in a developing nation, and it successfully challenges the wisdom of global bioethical standards that do not account for local cultural and economic differences.
Reviews / Votes
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 MedicineMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Washington, DC
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student and over
Product notice
With printed dust jacket
Illustrations
Not illustrated
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
386 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-87840-874-0 (9780878408740)
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Persons
Angeles Tan Alora, dean of the University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, is author of Handbook in Bioethics (Bookmark, 1999) and editor of Casebook in Bioethics (Southeast Asian Center for Bioethics, 1993). Josephine M. Lumitao is professor and chief of the histology section of the department of anatomy at the University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Medicine and Surgery and is secretary of the Southeast Asian Center for Bioethics.
Content
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