A cross-cultural dialogue on health care ethics / edited by Harold Coward and Pinit Ratanakul.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Coward, Harold G.

Phinit Rattanakun.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical ethics.

Medical care--Cross-cultural studies.

Medical care.

Physical Description:

1 online resorce (xii, 274 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c1999.

Summary:

The ethical theories employed in health care today assume, in the main, a modern Western philosophical framework. Yet the diversity of cultural and religious assumptions regarding human nature, health and illness, life and death, and the status of the individual suggest that a cross-cultural study of health care ethics is needed. A Cross-Cultural Dialogue on Health Care Ethics provides this study. It shows that ethical questions can be resolved by examining the ethical principles present in each culture, critically assessing each value, and identifying common values found within all traditions, It encourages the development of global awareness and sensitivity to and respect for the diversity of peoples and their values and will advance understanding as well as help to foster a greater balance and a fuller truth in consideration of the human condition and what makes for health and wholeness.

Contents:

Front Matter

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Culture, Health, and Illness

Buddhism, Health, Disease, and Thai Culture

Concepts of Health and Disease in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Discourses on Health: A Critical Perspective

Expanding Notions of Culture for Cross-Cultural Ethics in Health and Medicine

Health, Health Care, and Culture: Diverse Meanings, Shared Agendas

Conclusion

Culture and Health Care Ethics

Buddhist Health Care Ethics

Chinese Health Care Ethics

Secular Health Care Ethics

Ethical Issues in the Delivery of Health Care Services

Pediatric Care: Judgments about Best Interests at the Onset of Life

Comparing the Participation of Native North American and Euro-North American Patients in Health Care Decisions

End-of-Life Decisions: Clinical Decisions about Dying and Perspectives on Life and Death

Health Policy: A Cross-Cultural Dialogue

A Critical View of North American Health Policy

Threats from the Western Biomedical Paradigm: Implications for Chinese Herbology and Traditional Thai Medicine

Global Challenges: Ethical Implications of the Greening of Modern Western Medicine

About the Authors

Subject Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610925162

9781280925160

1280925167

9780889208551

0889208557

9780585322902

0585322902

OCLC:

835476186