The Confucian bioethics of surrogate decision making: Its communitarian roots

Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 301-313

  Fan, Ruiping ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bioethics; Communitarianism; Confucianism; Family; Surrogate decision making

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FAMILY; HUMAN; MENTAL CAPACITY; MORALITY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; RELIGION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CHINA; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CONFUCIANISM; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; HUMANS; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 80053576893     PISSN: 13867415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11017-011-9191-z     Document Type: Article

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