Medical Ethics in China：A Transcultural Interpretation

"Drawing from a wide range of primary historical and sociological sources, this book presents medical ethics in China from a Chinese-Western comparative perspective, and in doing so it provides a fascinating exploration of cultural differences and commonalities exhibited by China and the West in medicine and medical ethics. The book focuses on a number of key issues in medical ethics including: attitudes towards foetuses; disclosure of information by medical professionals; informed consent; professional medical ethics; and human rights. This careful examination not only provides insights into Chinese viewpoints, but also sheds light on the appropriate methods for comparative culture and ethical research. Through its analysis, Jing-Bao Nie seeks to put forward a theory of "transcultural bioethics", an ethical paradigm which upholds the primacy of morality whilst resisting cultural stereotypes, and appreciating the internal plurality, richness, dynamism and openness of medical ethics in any culture"--

Jing-Bao Nie is an Associate Professor at the Bioethics Centre of the University of Otago in New Zealand, Furong Visiting Professor at the Centre for Moral Culture of Hunan Normal University and Adjunct Professor at the Institute for Medical Humanities of Peking University in China. His publications include; Behind the Silence: Chinese Voices on abortion (2005), (chief editor) Japan’s Wartime Medical Atrocities: Comparative Inquires in History, Science and Ethics (Routledge, 2010), three chapters in The Cambridge World History of Medical Ethics (2009), and numerous journal articles and other book chapters.