The ongoing westernization of East Asian biomedical ethics in Taiwan

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 125-129

  Chen, Yen Yuan ^a,b   Tsai, Shih Li ^a   Yang, Chih Wei ^a   Ni, Yen Hsuan ^a,b   Chang, Shan Chwen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Confucianism; Ethics; Family determination; Self determination; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; ETHICS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WESTERNIZATION;

ARTICLE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FAMILY AUTONOMY; FAMILY DETERMINATION; GENDER; GROWTH; HUMAN; INDIVIDUAL AUTONOMY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PUBLICATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; TAIWAN;

ACCULTURATION; BIOETHICS; CONFUCIANISM; FAMILY; HUMANS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PUBLISHING; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; TAIWAN;

TAIWAN;

EID: 84872373887     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.12.001     Document Type: Article

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