A Cross-Cultural Dialogue on Health Care Ethics

Subject Index

Subject Index Aboriginal culture 1, 5-8, 10, 54, 149, 151, 158, 162-8,176-87 abortion 1, 125, 133 advance directives 183, 190-6, 216 aging 19-81,84,87-8,236 AIDS 26, 29-31,107,147, 202 "alternative" medicine 103, 236-254 anthropology 50, 52, 69, 79-80, 83, 130, 177 antibiotics 82-3 antibiotic resistant bacteria 70, 82-3 Asia 1,6, 104 autonomy (see also identity) 7, 10,123, 131, 140-4, 148, 150-2, 158, 162, 165, 176, 182-7, 191-9, 203-4 balance 37-42, 55, 59, 201 bioethics (see also health care ethics, medical ethics) 1, 72-4, 76, 106, 13940 , 157, 160-1, 164, 167-8, 174, 1925 ,204 biomedical paradigm 10, 56, 227-231, 233, 258 biomedicine 24-5, 34, 43, 50, 56, 58, 60, 69-70, 79, 93-9, 103, 157, 169-70, 176,203,213,226,231-2,264 biomedicine as culture 3, 5, 10, 63, 6971 ,80,113-4,159,264 biomedicine-traditional medicine relationship 1-11, 34-5, 44-5, 104, 176-87, 203-5, 213, 226-35, 23654 , 260, 264 Boorse9, 95-105, 114 Buddhism 2, 4, 6-10, 17-33,41, 119-26, 133, 168-70, 201-4 Canada 4, 10, 54, 56, 61, 75-7, 104, 117, 150, 170, 173, 218-20, 227-31, 234-5, 244-6, 264 cancer 9, 20, 29,48, 77, 85, 107, 147, 240-1,244,246 care givers 187,190-2, 194, 197, 199277 272 A Cross-Cultural Dialogue on Health Care Ethics 200,203-5,218 children 7-8, 70, 76-7, 81, 117, 158, 16074 , 207, 222 China 1,8-9,34, 133,237 Chinese Canadians 148, 228-31 culture (see also philosophy, Chinese) 58-9, 113, 129-36,264 medicine 4, 10, 34-45, 55, 59, 129-33, 227-31,234-5,237 Christians 2-3, 9 Christianity 172 cities, see urban-rural divide class 50, 55, 57, 60-4, 113, 220, 258 community 8, 25-6, 31, 43, 58-9, 85, 88, 104, 107-8, 150, 157-8, 177, 183, 199201 ,208-9,218-20,259,264 compassion 4, 24-9, 122, 124-6, 201-2 Confucianism 43, 99, 130-5 consent 1, 3, 5-7, 10, 73, 131-2, 140-4, 148, 158, 160, 161, 164, 166, 176-7, 182, 186-7, 192, 195, 203, 207, 216, 264 cross-cultural dialogue 1-2, 10, 16, 50, 70, 77, 80, 87-8, 95, 102, 157-9, 174, 204, 209, 260, 263-4 cultural imperialism 1-3, 5, 117, 234-5 culture 1, 5 , 47-8, 53-6, 63, 68-88, 97102 , 106, 113, 144, 146, 148-52, 1579 , 162-8, 174, 176-87, 195-7, 203, 207-8,218,237,257 cure 2, 20, 23, 26-31, 52, 82, 94, 96, 99, 101, 105, 107-8, 124-5, 169, 180-1, 184, 188-232,239-40,248 Dao 128-9, 135 Daoism41, 130, 133, 135 death 1, 9-10, 29, 49, 73-4, 76-7, 80, 845 ,87,92,102, 119,121,123,133-6, 149, 158, 163, 166, 169, 190-205 diet 9-10, 40-2, 55, 76-7, 228, 237-8 disease (see also illness) 39-40, 48, 51-2, 82,95-105,107 doctors, see physicians drugs (see also herbs) 25-6, 82 dying, see death economic aspects of health 16, 19, 21, 26, 44, 48-51, 56, 59, 61-3, 69, 71-80, 83, 87-8, 140, 144, 186, 199, 203, 205, 214, 220-2, 235, 242, 260-1 emotional well-being 9, 22-4, 41, 55, 125,184 end-of-life decisions 9, 160-8, 190 environment 7, 9, 35-9, 41-3, 59-60, 113, 239-44 ethics, see bioethics, health care ethics, medical ethics, secular ethics Euro-North Americans 10, 176-87 euthanasia 1, 125-6, 135 family 7-8, 10, 26, 29, 32, 43, 58-9, 1302 , 134, 143, 148, 151, 157-8, 162-73, 177, 183, 187, 192, 196-201, 203, 207, 218,264 feminism 7, 9, 48, 50, 62 First Nations, see Native North Americans, see Aboriginal culture food, see diet gender 10, 50, 59-64, 75, 79, 84, 106, 108, 113, 133, 135, 144, 171, 220 government regulation, see regulation "green" medicine 10,236-54 health (concept) 5, 9, 15, 19-22, 35-42, 48-64, 92, 94-107, 113, 159, 177, 184, 214,258, health as value free 94-109 health care costs 24-29, 73, 215-6 ethics 1...