A Cross-Cultural Dialogue on Health Care Ethics

Table of Contents

Table of Contents Preface xi 1. Introduction Harold Coward and Pinit Ratanakul 1 Part I: Culture, Health, and Illness Part I, Introduction 15 Michael McDonald 2. Buddhism, Health, Disease, and Thai Culture 17 Pinit Ratanakul 3. Concepts of Health and Disease in Traditional Chinese Medicine 34 Edwin Hut 4. Discourses on Health: A Critical Perspective 47 Joan Anderson and Sheryl Reimer Kirkham vn viii A Cross-Cultural Dialogue on Health Care Ethics 5. Expanding Notions of Culture for Cross-Cultural Ethics in Health and Medicine 68 Peter Stephenson 6. Health, Health Care, andCulture: Diverse Meanings, Shared Agendas 92 Michael McDonald Part I, Conclusion 113 Harold Coward Part II: Culture and Health Care Ethics Part II, Introduction 117 Barry Hoffmaster 1. Buddhist Health Care Ethics 119 Pinit Ratanakul 8. Chinese Health Care Ethics 128 Edwin Hui 9. Secular Health Care Ethics 139 Barry Hoffmaster Part II, Conclusion 146 Barry Hoffmaster Part III: Ethical Issues in the Delivery of Health Care Services Part III, Introduction 157 Michael Burgess 10. Pediatric Care: Judgments about Best Interests at the Onset of Life 160 Michael Burgess, Patricia Rodney, Harold Coward, Pinit Ratanakul, and Khannika Suwonnakote Table of Contents ix 11. Comparing the Participation of Native North American and Euro-North American Patients in Health Care Decisions 176 Edward Keyserlingk 12. End-of-LifeDecisions: Clinical Decisions About Dying and Perspectives on Life and Death 190 Michael Burgess, Peter Stephenson, Pinit Ratanakul, and Khannika Suwonnakote Part III, Conclusion 207 Michael Burgess Part IV: Health Policy: A Cross-Cultural Dialogue Part IV, Introduction 213 Patricia Rodney 13. A Critical View of North American Health Policy 215 Arthur Blue, Edward Keyserlingk, Patricia Rodney, and Rosalie Starzomski 14. Threats from the Western Biomedical Paradigm: Implications for Chinese Herbology and Traditional Thai Medicine 226 Edwin Hui, Sumana Tangkanasingh, and Harold Coward 15. Global Challenges: Ethical Implications of the Greening of Modern Western Medicine 236 Barry W. Glickman Part IV, Conclusion 257 Joan Anderson and Patricia Rodney 16. Conclusion 263 Robert Florida About the Authors 265 Subject Index 271 This page intentionally left blank ...