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This volume addresses the proper character of patient informed consent to medical treatment and clinical research. The goal is critically to explore the current individually oriented approach to informed consent which grew out of the dominant bioethics movement that arose in the United States in the 1970s. In contrast to that individually oriented approach, this volume explores the importance of family-oriented approaches to informed consent for medical treatment and clinical research. It draws on both East Asian moral resources as well as a critical response to the ways in which the practice of informed consent has developed in the United States
A descriptively annotated, multidisciplinary, cross-referenced and extensively indexed guide to 2,395 dissertations that are concerned either in whole or in part with Hong Kong and with Hong Kong Chinese students and emigres throughout the world.
Comment vit-on dans une ville industrielle ? Quelle perception les habitants ont-ils des industries Seveso qui leur apportent à la fois emplois, risques et nuisances ? Comment les acteurs locaux et notamment les pouvoirs publics gèrent-ils ce voisinage délicat entre industries et zones résidentielles ? Voici quelques questions auxquelles les ...
This book is an attempt to capture a representation of the work being done by Asian and non-Asian social psychologists exploring the Asian social experience as it relates to three important and interrelated social psychological constructs: the self, interpersonal relationships, and subjective wellbeing. These three broad constructs are addressed and cast in varied ways in the chapters in this volume.
In the 21st century, one of the most noteworthy changes in the human rights debate relates to the increased recognition of the link between business and human rights. This book is an attempt to explore this relationship and also to look into the obligations of the state and transnational corporations in the promotion of human rights. Business and Human Rights discusses how globalization has affected individuals in the enjoyment of their human rights in relation to the activities of corporations. The book addresses what additional steps the states should take to protect against human rights abuses by business enterprises that are owned or controlled by the state. Moreover, it covers, in depth, the role and contribution of the United Nations in business and human rights. The book includes several real-life case studies to help the readers understand the topics discussed.