Beyond a Western Bioethics: Voices from the Developing World (Clinical Medical Ethics series) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0878408746 ISBN 13: 9780878408740

Publisher: Georgetown University Press, 2001

Synopsis

In 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 estern 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.

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About the Author

Angeles Tan Alora, dean of the University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, is author of Handbook in Bioethics (Bookmark, 1999) and editor of Casebook in Bioethics (Southeast Asian Center for Bioethics, 1993). Josephine M. Lumitao is professor and chief of the histology section of the department of anatomy at the University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Medicine and Surgery and is secretary of the Southeast Asian Center for Bioethics.

Edition details

• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0878408746
• ISBN 13: 9780878408740
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 176
• Editor: Alora Angeles Tan, Lumitao Josephine M.