In the current practice of bioethics, two intersecting axes define the interface between
physicians and patients. Along one axis are critical elements that characterize the …

Recent articles in biomedical ethics have begun to explore both the relevance of family
interests in treatment decisions and the resultant ramifications for physicians' obligations to …

The family often emerges as the focus of medical care in primary-care medicine, with the
physician serving the needs of each of its members. However, interpretations of how the …

This paper argues against the continued practice of Confucian familism, even in its
moderate form, in East Asian hospitals. According to moderate familism, a physician acting …

Principle-based formulations of bioethical theory have recently come under increasing
scrutiny, particularly insofar as they give prominence to personal autonomy. This essay …

While both medical law and medical ethics have developed in a way that has sought to
prioritise patient autonomy, it is less clear whether it has done so in a way that enhances the …

This edition represents a thorough-going revision of what has become a classic text in
biomedical ethics. Major structural changes mark the revision. The authors have added a …

Complex social and economic forces have placed patient autonomy at the center of medical
ethics, and thereby displaced an older ethic of physician beneficence. This development …

While ethicists have directed much attention to controversial biomedical issues--including
euthanasia, abortion, and genetic engineering--they have largely ignored the less obvious …

The most ballyhooed achievement of the bioethics movement has been the triumph of
patient autonomy over medical paternalism.'Largely through the development of the cause …