Raising Questions About an Ideological Approach to Bioethics Discourse in Asia

Abstract

"In this issue, one finds in the main articles an emphasis on patients as individuals who are intimately connected to relational structures that clinicians and/or health systems need to take into account in order to achieve the best overall outcomes for them. While acknowledging the importance of recognising this connectedness, particularly in Asian contexts, the authors also appear mindful of the need to prevent patients’ best interests from being obscured by the demands of larger entities such as families, communities or health systems"