{"product_id":"beyond-a-western-bioethics-angeles-tan-alora-9780878408740","title":"Beyond a Western Bioethics:: Voices from the Developing World","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 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 western 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerican principles of medical ethics assume the primacy of individual autonomy, the importance of truth-telling, and secular standards of justice and morality. In the Philippines, these standards are often at odds with a culture in which family relationships take precedence over individualism, and ideas of community, friendship, and religion can deeply influence personal behavior. Pervasive poverty further complicates the equation. Contributors move from a general discussion of the moral vision informing health care decisions in the Philippines to an exploration of a wide range of specific cases: family planning, care of the elderly, organ transplants, death and dying, medical research, AIDS care, doctor-patient relationships, informed consent, and the allocation of scarce health-care resources. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten for both students and professionals, the book provides a much-needed perspective on how medical ethics are practiced in a developing nation, and it successfully challenges the wisdom of global bioethical standards that do not account for local cultural and economic differences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Angeles Tan Alora\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0878408746\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780878408740\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Georgetown University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/20\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d","brand":"Angeles Tan Alora","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47965741515007,"sku":"9780878408740","price":74.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ae85d517-75fc-4c2d-877a-3aae96138a15.jpg?v=1767284493","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beyond-a-western-bioethics-angeles-tan-alora-9780878408740","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}