Biomedical Ethics in Asia
Authors: Akabayashi, Akira; Kodama, Satoshi; Slingsby, B.T.
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-131222-6
ISBN-10: 0071312226
©2010 | 1st Edition | 139 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: June 2010
Price: US$ 17.50
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Biomedical Ethics in Asia: A Casebook for Multicultural Learners features a series of informative and interactive cases dealing with biomedical issues that health care professionals and students often face in their practice and studies worldwide. Examples and case studies have been adapted for the Asian context to make the study of biomedical ethics more approachable for readers in Asia. The book facilitates the study of contemporary biomedical ethics within the contexts of each reader’s religion and culture. Health care students and professionals (physicians, nurses, and co-medicals), along with ethicists, lawyers, and researchers can readily use the book to learn the key concepts of biomedical ethics and immediately apply that knowledge to their work. Each chapter consists of sections that provide background information and provoke analysis, and these help readers break down the cases and encourage an informed discussion.
About the Authors
Akabayashi, Kodama, and Slingsby have designed the book as a useful introductory tool to learn biomedical ethics. With its workbook style, it can be used for both individual and group study. Its easy-to-follow format facilitates the study of biomedical ethics and the dynamic process of applying its key concepts to the practice of medicine and research in the Asian context.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Defining Asia
Ethics, law, religion and culture
What is biomedical ethics?
Cases
- Case One: Telling the truth
- Case Two: Decision-making capacity
- Case Three: Nonadherence
- Case Four: Confidentiality
- Case Five: End of life issues
- Case Six: Brain death and organ transplantation
- Case Seven: Abortion
- Case Eight: Prenatal screening and genetic counseling
- Case Nine: Surrogacy
- Case 10: Explaining illness to children
- Case 11: Treatment of premature babies with complications
- Case 12: A mistake made by one’s colleague
- Case 13: Research ethics
- Case 14: Placebo-controlled clinical trial for HIV therapy
- Case 15: Traditional medicine and complementary or alternative medicine
- Case 16: ICU respirator allocation
- Case 17: Influenza outbreak and vaccine distribution
- Case 18: Health care access and the poor
Afterword
References
List of Casebooks
Further readings
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