title: The development and perspectives of Chinese bioethics.
abstract: Bioethics began to emerge in the late 1980s in China, which was borrowed and introduced from western countries. But the Chinese bioethics has a different model from western bioethics in its philosophical basis and culture environment which have been influenced by Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism. Academic researchers of bioethics, policy makers and the public have different opinions to the bioethical issues. Though sharing some similarities with those of western bioethics, the Chinese bioethics has certain different and urgent topics, such as health inequality in health care reform, physician-patient relationship, and different model of the informed consent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Philosophy, Peking University, Beijing, China. hongwinlee@gmail.com
authors.forename: Hongwen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yali
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cong
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D026688:Bioethical Issues; D001675:Bioethics / Q000266:history; D035843:Biomedical Research; D002016:Buddhism; D002681:China; D032903:Confucianism; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005260:Female; D018166:Health Care Reform; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011247:Pregnancy; D012072:Religious Philosophies; D014944:World Health Organization