Should the Confucian Family-Determination Model Be Rejected? A Case Study  

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Li, En-Chang ; Wen, Chun-Feng

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy vol. 35 no. 5 (Oct. 2010), page 587-599.
Topik: Confucian ethics; Confucian family-determination model; informed consent; surgery signature system

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Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: MM80.24 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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This essay explores a tragic event that happened in China, which garnered much attention, the Li case: a young woman who was nine months pregnant and her baby died as as result of the failure to receive a medically necessary c-section. Differing from some critiques, this essay argues that the Li case should not be used to blame the Confucian family-determination model that has been applied in Chinese society for thousands of years. Based on summarizing the reasons supporting the model, this essay indicates that it is an integral part of the model that, in emergency or special case, the physicians must take medical action to save the patient without the need to secure the consent of a family member. In order to prevent tragic cases like Li case from happening, we recommend that relevant Chinese laws be further developed and specified and that, most importantly, Chinese physicians must cultivate the Confucian virtue of benevolence in their practice of taking-care of patients in a virtuous way, along with patients' families.

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