Is there a global bioethics? End-of-life in Thailand and the case for local difference

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End-of-life in Thailand - 2006.pdf (187.15 KB)
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2006-10
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Stonington, Scott
Rattanakun, Phinit
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English
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Debates the universal application of bioethical principles, using an example where a Thai physician refuses to remove life support from a brain dead patient.

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4 pages.
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bioethics, end-of-life care, life support, Buddhism, Thailand
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Bioethics -- Thailand., Bioethics -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism., Medical ethics -- Thailand., Medical ethics -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism., Terminal care -- Thailand., Terminal care -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism.
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Stonington, S., & Rattanakun, P. (2006). Is there a global bioethics? End-of-life in Thailand and the case for local difference. PLoS Medicine 3(10): e439. Retrieved November 6, 2006, from PLoS Medicine web site: http://medicine.plosjournals.org/archive/1549-1676/3/10/pdf/10.1371_journal.pmed.0030439-S.pdf
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https://hdl.handle.net/1805/721
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