Bioethics: a search for moral diversity.
The concept of global, Asian and Chinese bioethics are discussed in this paper and the difficulty in applying universal bioethics within different cultures and countries is addressed. The traditional beliefs and values in China are described with particular reference to medicine, and the implications for bioethics and research ethics within the country are considered.
Renzong
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Programme in Bioethics, Institute of Philosophy/Centre for Applied Ethics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China. qiurenzong@hotmail.com
D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology; D001675:Bioethics; D002681:China; D032903:Confucianism; D016039:Corneal Transplantation / Q000941:ethics; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D032984:Ethics, Research; D005190:Family / Q000208:ethnology; D005544:Forecasting; D014943:Global Health; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006805:Human Experimentation / Q000941:ethics; D006808:Humanism; D006801:Humans; D007316:Insemination, Artificial, Heterologous / Q000941:ethics; D038622:Internationality; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D009014:Morals; D010686:Philosophy, Medical; D012945:Social Values; D016709:Yin-Yang