{"product_id":"beyond-a-western-bioethics-voices-from-the-developing-world-9780878408740","title":"Beyond a Western Bioethics:: Voices from the Developing World","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Angeles Tan Alora | Josephine M. Lumitao\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Georgetown University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Georgetown University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Ethics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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","brand":"Georgetown University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47614346952855,"sku":"9780878408740","price":7638.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780878408740.webp?v=1775092852","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/beyond-a-western-bioethics-voices-from-the-developing-world-9780878408740","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}