A cross-cultural dialogue on health care ethics /

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Corporate Author:	University of Victoria (B.C.). Centre for Studies in Religion and Society
Other Authors:	Coward, Harold G., Phinit Rattanakun
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Waterloo, Ont. : Published for the Centre for Studies in Religion & Society by Wilfrid Laurier University Press, ©1999.
Subjects:	Medical ethics. Medical care > Cross-cultural studies. Bioethics. Cultural pluralism. Decision making. Medical care. Health. Social values. Death > Psychological aspects. Buddhism. Cross-cultural studies. Diseases. Ecology. Liberty. Indians of North America. Informed consent (Medical law) International cooperation. Minorities. Patient participation. Physician and patient. Medicine > Religious aspects. Religion. Risk assessment. Risk. Patient refusal of treatment. Alternative medicine. Therapeutics, Physiological. Terminal care. Hospice care. Bioethical Issues Bioethics Cultural Diversity Decision Making Delivery of Health Care Ethics, Medical Health Public Policy Social Values Truth Disclosure Hospice Care Adolescent Attitude to Death Buddhism Complementary Therapies Confucianism Community Participation Cross-Cultural Comparison Disease Ecology Family Relations Freedom Indians, North American Informed Consent International Cooperation Internationality Minority Groups Minors Patient Participation Personal Autonomy Physician-Patient Relations Reference Standards Religion and Medicine Religion Religious Philosophies Risk Assessment Risk Terminal Care Treatment Refusal Patient Care decision making. health. ecology. freedom. minorities. religion (discipline) risk assessment. disease. illness. Canada China Thailand
Online Access:	Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:	0585322902 9780585322902 0889203253 9780889203259 1280925167 9781280925160 9780889208551 0889208557 9786610925162 661092516X
Local Note:	ProQuest Ebook Central

Table of Contents:

Introduction
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
Buddhist health care ethics
Chinese health care ethics
Secular health care ethics
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
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.

A cross-cultural dialogue on health care ethics /

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