Beyond a western bioethics : voices from the Developing World

ForewordLeonardo Z. Legaspi PrefaceEdmund D. Pellegrino From Western to Filipino Bioethics: An Acknowledgment in Gratitude for Having Been a Colleague in a Marvelous Intellectual and Moral JourneyH. Tristam Engelhardt Western Bioethics Recondsidered: An IntroductionH. Tristam Engelhardt Part I: FILIPINO BIOETHICS: THE FOUNDATIONS An Introduction to an Authenticallyy Non-Western BioethicsAngeles Tan Alora and Josephine M. Lumitao Part II: THE ROLE OF THE FAMILY The Family and Health Care PracticesLetty G. Kuan and Josephine M. Lumitao The Family versus the Individual: Family PlanningAngeles Tan Alora, Danilo Tiong, and Josephine M. Lumitao Care of the ElderlyVictoria Pusung Part III: THE HEALTH CARE TEAM Professional Relationships in Health CareAntonio Cabezon, OP, Edna G. Monzon, and Angelica Francisco Conscience and Health Care Practices: The Casde of the PhilippinesLetty G. Kuan and Tamerlane Lana, OP Honesty, Loyalty, and CheatingAngeles Tan Alora Philanthropy and NepotismAngelica Francisco Part IV: FACING HARD CHOICES Ethical Issues in the Pediatric Intensive Care UnitAngeles Tan Alora and Mary Jean Villareal-Guno AIDS in the Developing World: The Case of the PhilippinesJosephine M. Lumitao Human Organ TransplantsDanilo C. Tiong Death and DyingJosephine M. Lumitao Part V: ALLOCATION AND JUSTICE Allocation of Scarce Resources: macro-, Meso-, and Micro-Level ConcernsAngeles Tan Alora and Josephine Lumitao Ethical Issues in ResearchAngeles Tan Alora A Tax on Luxury Health Cae, Generic Drugs, and a Proposal for a New Preferential Option for the PoorAngeles Tan Alora The Virtues and Vices of DumpingAngeles Tan Alora APPENDIX/BACKGROUND READINGS In the Compassion of Jesus: A Pastoral Letter On AIDSThe Catholic Bishop's Conference of the Philippines Anti-Abortive Drugs Act of 1995Tenth Congress of the Republic of the Philippines The Patients' Rights Act of 1995Tenth Congress of the Republic of the Philippines Code of EthicsBoard of medicine The PhilippinesAngles Tan Alora and Josephine M. Lumitao GlossaryContributorsIndex