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Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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 estern 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. Zusammenfassung Provides a comprehensive exploration of bioethical issues outside of the dominant American and western European model. Using the Philippines as a case study! this title addresses how a developing country's economy! religion! and culture affect the bioethical landscape for doctors! patients! families! and the society as a whole. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Leonardo Z. Legaspi Preface Edmund D. Pellegrino From Western to Filipino Bioethics: An Acknowledgment in Gratitude for Having Been a Colleague in a Marvelous Intellectual and Moral Journey H. Tristam Engelhardt Western Bioethics Recondsidered: An Introduction H. Tristam Engelhardt Part I: FILIPINO BIOETHICS: THE FOUNDATIONSAn Introduction to an Authenticallyy Non-Western Bioethics Angeles Tan Alora and Josephine M. Lumitao Part II: THE ROLE OF THE FAMILYThe Family and Health Care Practices Letty G. Kuan and Josephine M. Lumitao The Family versus the Individual: Family Planning Angeles Tan Alora! Danilo Tiong! and Josephine M. Lumitao Care of the Elderly Victoria Pusung Part III: THE HEALTH CARE TEAMProfessional Relationships in Health Care Antonio Cabezon! OP! Edna G. Monzon! and Angelica Francisco Conscience and Health Care Practices: The Casde of the Philippines Letty G. Kuan and Tamerlane Lana! OP Honesty! Loyalty! and Cheating Angeles Tan AloraPhilanthropy and Nepotism Angelica Francisco Part IV: FACING HARD CHOICESEthical Issues in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Angeles Tan Alora and Mary Jean Villareal-Guno AIDS in the Developing World: The Case of the Philippines Josephine M. Lumitao Human Organ Transplants Danilo C. Tiong Death and Dying Josephine M. Lumitao Part V: ALLOCATION AND JUSTICEAllocation of Scarce Resources: macro-! Meso-! and Micro-Level Concerns Angeles Tan Alora and Josephine Lumitao Ethical Issues in Research Angeles Tan Alora A Tax on Luxury Health Cae! Generic Drugs! and a Proposal for a New Preferential Option for the Poor Angeles Tan Alora The Virtues and Vices of Dumping Angeles Tan Alora APPENDIX/BACKGROUND READINGSIn the Compassion of Jesus: A Pastoral Letter On AIDS The Catholic Bishop's Conference of the Philippines Anti-Abortive Drugs Act of 1995 Tenth Congress of the Republic of the Philippines The Patients' Rights Act of 1995 Tenth Congress of the Republic of the Philippines Code of Ethics Board of medicine The Philippines Angles Tan Alora and Josephine M. Lumitao GlossaryContributorsIndex 710 KIRO ...
