Bioethics: Asian Perspectives - A Quest for Moral Diversity (Hardcover, 2004 ed.)


Bioethics: Asian Perspectives: A Quest for Moral Diversity

- is the first volume on bioethics all contributors of which are exclusively non-western scholars;

- unfolds a rich and colourful picture;

- addresses thorny bioethical issues from comprehensive Asian perspectives and different from the western paradigm of bioethics;

- covers many topics including the intellectual foundation of Asian bioethics, bioethics and Asian culture, life and death, euthanasia and end-of-life care in Asia;

- shows in its discussions moral diversity in Asia;

- sheds light on the debate about universal ethics, global ethics and moral diversity. The book is intended for senior undergraduate and graduate students interested in bioethics as well as for bioethicists, philosophers, physicians, scholars of Asian and culture studies, geneticists, sinologists, medical anthropologists, health administrators, health officials for relations with Asia, foundation officers for health programs in Asia, western journalists in Asia and officers of international organizations for Asia.


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Bioethics: Asian Perspectives: A Quest for Moral Diversity

- is the first volume on bioethics all contributors of which are exclusively non-western scholars;

- unfolds a rich and colourful picture;

- addresses thorny bioethical issues from comprehensive Asian perspectives and different from the western paradigm of bioethics;

- covers many topics including the intellectual foundation of Asian bioethics, bioethics and Asian culture, life and death, euthanasia and end-of-life care in Asia;

- shows in its discussions moral diversity in Asia;

- sheds light on the debate about universal ethics, global ethics and moral diversity. The book is intended for senior undergraduate and graduate students interested in bioethics as well as for bioethicists, philosophers, physicians, scholars of Asian and culture studies, geneticists, sinologists, medical anthropologists, health administrators, health officials for relations with Asia, foundation officers for health programs in Asia, western journalists in Asia and officers of international organizations for Asia.

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Product Details

General

Imprint

Springer-Verlag New York

Country of origin

United States

Series

Asian Studies in Bioethics and the Philosophy of Medicine, 80

Release date

December 2003

Availability

Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

First published

2004

Editors

Dimensions

235 x 155 x 15mm (L x W x T)

Format

Hardcover

Pages

242

Edition

2004 ed.

ISBN-13

978-1-4020-1795-7

Barcode

9781402017957

Categories

LSN

1-4020-1795-2



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