THE FAMILY, MEDICAL DECISION-MAKING, AND BIOTECHNOLOGY: CRITICAL REFLECTIONS ON ASIAN MORAL PERSPECTIVES

Abstract

Acknowledgements / Shui Chuen Lee -- 1. Medicine and the biomedical technologies in the context of Asian perspectives / Shui Chuen Lee and Justin Ho -- 2. Confucian familism and its bioethical implications / Ruiping Fan -- 3. The family in transition and in authority: the impact of biotechnology / H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr. -- 4. Family life, bioethics and Confucianism / Stephen A. Erickson -- 5. The moral ground of truth telling guideline development: the choice between autonomy and paternalism / Shuh-Jen Sheu -- 6. Truth telling to the sick and dying in a traditional Chinese culture / Stephen Wear -- 7. On relational autonomy: from feminist critique to Confucian model for clinical practice / Shui Chuen Lee -- 8. Regulating sex selection in a patriarchal society: lessons from Taiwan / Wenmay Rei -- 9. Modern biotechnology and the postmodern family / Leonardo D. De Castro -- 10. The ethics of human embryonic stem cell research and the interests of the family / Ruiping Fan -- 11. A Confucian evaluation of embryonic stem cell research and the moral status of human embryos / Shui Chuen Lee -- 12. Regulations for human embryonic stem cell research in East Asian countries: a Confusion critique / Hon Chung Wong -- 13. Stem cell research: an Islamic perspective / Sahin Aksoy, Abdurrahman Elmali and Anwar Nasim -- 14. Why western culture, unlike Confucian culture, is so concerned about embryonic stem cell research: the Christian roots of the difference / H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr. -- 15. Confucian healthcare system in Singapore: a family-oriented approach to financial sustainability / Kris Su Hui Teo -- 16. Respect for the elderly and family responsibility: Confucian response to the old age allowance policy in Hong Kong / Erika H.Y. Yu -- 17. Is Singapore's health care system congruent with Confucianism? / Justin Ho -- Index