Table of Contents
Page 8-11
1. Introduction
Page 14-25
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Part I: Culture, Health, and Illness
Page 26-127
-----Part I, Introduction
Page 28-29
-----2. Buddhism, Health, Disease, and Thai Culture
Page 30-46
-----3. Concepts of Health and Disease in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Page 47-59
-----4. Discourses on Health: A Critical Perspective
Page 60-80
-----5. Expanding Notions of Culture for Cross-Cultural Ethics in Health and Medicine
Page 81-104
-----6. Health, Health Care, and Culture: Diverse Meanings, Shared Agendas
Page 105-125
-----Part I, Conclusion
Page 126-127
Part II: Culture and Health Care Ethics
Page 128-167
-----Part II, Introduction
Page 130-131
-----7. Buddhist Health Care Ethics
Page 132-140
-----8. Chinese Health Care Ethics
Page 141-151
-----9. Secular Health Care Ethics
Page 152-158
-----Part II, Conclusion
Page 159-167
Part III: Ethical Issues in the Delivery of Health Care Services
Page 168-223
-----Part III, Introduction
Page 170-172
-----10. Pediatric Care: Judgments about Best Interests at the Onset of Life
Page 173-188
-----11. Comparing the Participation of Native North American and Euro-North American Patients in Health Care Decisions
Page 189-202
-----12. End-of-Life Decisions: Clinical Decisions About Dying and Perspectives on Life and Death
Page 203-219
-----Part III, Conclusion
Page 220-223
Part IV: Health Policy: A Cross-Cultural Dialogue
Page 224-277
-----Part IV, Introduction
Page 226-227
-----13. A Critical View of North American Health Policy
Page 228-238
-----14. Threats from the Western Biomedical Paradigm: Implications for Chinese Herbology and Traditional Thai Medicine
Page 239-248
-----15. Global Challenges: Ethical Implications of the Greening of Modern Western Medicine
Page 249-269
-----Part IV, Conclusion
Page 270-275
-----16. Conclusion
Page 276-277
About the Authors
Page 278-283
Subject Index
Page 284-287
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