Women and special vulnerability: Commentary “On the principle of respect for human vulnerability and personal integrity,” UNESCO, International Bioethics Committee report

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 174-179
Author(s):  
Mary C. Rawlinson
Keyword(s):  
Committee Report ◽  
Personal Integrity ◽  
Human Vulnerability ◽  
International Bioethics

scholarly journals 家庭作為弱勢人群的首重保障: 儒家倫理與醫療倫理

2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 7-30
Author(s):  
Ping Cheung LO
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Medical Decision ◽  
Personal Integrity ◽  
Human Vulnerability ◽  
International Bioethics ◽  
Hospital Patients ◽  
Life Sustaining Treatment ◽  
Individual Self

LANGUAGE NOTE | Document text in Chinese; abstract also in English.晚近國際生命倫理學的個人主義色彩仍然甚濃，本文以如何保護醫療弱勢人群（病人）為例，指出國際生命倫理委員會2009年報告書這方面的弊病。文中一方面解釋了儒家倫理學的“家庭共決” 模式，為何應當作為保護醫療弱勢人群的首重保障，另方面也梳理出其它價值體系的相關觀點，發現某些西方學者也有類似看法，只是未為重視。筆者最後以香港公立醫院對終止維持生命治療及預設醫療指示的道德指引為例，說明儒家的家庭共決模式實際如何運作。Individualism is still very much alive in “international” bioethics. Using two documents from the International Bioethics Committee as examples (Proposed Outline for a Report on Respect for Human Vulnerability and Personal Integrity, 2009; Report of the IBC on the Principle of Respect for Human Vulnerability and Personal Integrity, 2011), and focusing on hospital patients as a vulnerable group, this essay points out the pitfalls of individualistic bioethics. Confucianism advocates family co-determination rather than individual self-determination, and this model of decision making can serve as the first bulwark in protecting vulnerable patients. This model of medical decision making is not unique to Chinese culture, but is actually advocated by a small number of Western scholars. This essay also illustrates how family co-determination in medical decisions works using the example of two recent policies introduced in Hong Kong public hospitals, viz., forgoing life-sustaining treatment for the terminally ill and the use of advance directives.DOWNLOAD HISTORY | This article has been downloaded 342 times in Digital Commons before migrating into this platform.

scholarly journals Principles for the pastoral guidance process to women on matters related to human vulnerability and personal integrity

2015 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda L. Du Plessis
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Life Sciences ◽  
Ground Level ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Personal Integrity ◽  
Human Vulnerability ◽  
Cultural Organization ◽  
The World ◽  
Biblical Principles

Through the centuries, women from all over the world remain vulnerable to their social status. In some developed countries the situation has improved, but there are many countries where it is still unbearable. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) aims to assist in this regard by addressing ethical issues pertaining to medicine, life sciences and related technologies as applied to human beings with consideration of women’s social, legal and environmental dimensions. Yet pastoral counsellors on ground level are confronted with the need for assistance to women who suffer because of this exploitation. Therefore, the aim of this article is to focus on biblical principles that can serve as anchors to guide women regarding their human vulnerability and personal integrity when they experience suffering and hardship. The challenge facing the pastoral counsellor is to guide women to accept the reality of their situation within a certain framework, to adequately deal with this and, in spite of overwhelming emotions, continue to grow in personal integrity and healing.

scholarly journals 人類脆弱性與醫療倫理

2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 51-55
Author(s):  
Lawrence YUNG
Keyword(s):  
Human Condition ◽  
Individual Autonomy ◽  
Personal Integrity ◽  
Biomedical Sciences ◽  
Undue Influence ◽  
Human Vulnerability ◽  
Digital Commons ◽  
The Family ◽  
Liberal Individualism ◽  
Environmental Burdens

LANGUAGE NOTE | Document text in Chinese; abstract in English only.In his paper, Professor Lo Ping Cheung complains that bioethics is under the undue influence of liberal individualism. He argues that in prioritizing individual autonomy, the United Nations’ “Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights” (2005) and the International Bioethics Committee’s “Proposed Outline for a Report on Respect for Human Vulnerability and Personal Integrity” (2009) not only allow but also advocate egoistic behavior. In contrast to Lo’s view, in advocating family co-determinism in healthcare, Confucian bioethics is in a better position to provide primary protection to the vulnerable.To defend the Declaration (2005) I draw on the IBC Report (2011) and argue that in enshrining the principle of respect for human vulnerability and personal integrity as a universal value in bioethics, the Declaration seeks to prompt greater solidity between moral strangers and different stakeholders in healthcare and research and the application of emerging technologies in the biomedical sciences. I also argue that the family may fail to protect “the vulnerable,” as vulnerability is a human condition and it occurs in the context of healthcare as a result of personal disability, in addition to environmental burdens and social injustice.DOWNLOAD HISTORY | This article has been downloaded 87 times in Digital Commons before migrating into this platform.

IFA Fluency Test Committee Report

1998 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-12
Author(s):  
Kenneth O. St. Louis
Keyword(s):  
Committee Report ◽  
Test Committee ◽  
Fluency Test ◽  
Test Committee Report

ASHA On the Move: Committee Report: Dysphagia in the Schools

ASHA Leader ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 10 (13) ◽  
pp. 40-40
Author(s):  
Sheryl C. Amaral ◽  
Emily M. Homer ◽  
DeAnne W. Owre
Keyword(s):  
Committee Report
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