期刊: DEVELOPING WORLD BIOETHICS, ; ()
Human dignity is a crucial concept in contemporary ethical, political and legal studies. However, people have different, even opposite understandings ......
期刊: DEVELOPING WORLD BIOETHICS, 2020; 20 (2)
Cultural competence, a clinical skill to recognise patients' cultural and religious beliefs, is an integral element in patient-centred medical practic......
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Under Chinese law, the juridical status of the embryo and the foetus is unclear, mainly because the existing legislation can be subject to diverse int......
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Morphine is usually preferred to treat moderate or severe pain for late-stage cancer patients. However, medically unindicated or excessive morphine us......
期刊: DEVELOPING WORLD BIOETHICS, 2018; 18 (1)
Trust is indispensable not only for interpersonal relationships and social life, but for good quality healthcare. As manifested in the increasing viol......
期刊: DEVELOPING WORLD BIOETHICS, 2018; 18 (1)
In China's healthcare sector, a popular and socio-culturally distinctive phenomenon known as guanxi jiuyi (medical guanxi), whereby patients draw on t......
期刊: DEVELOPING WORLD BIOETHICS, 2018; 18 (1)
In the medical practice in China, giving and taking "red envelopes" (monetary gifts) is a common phenomenon although few openly admit it. This paper, ......
期刊: DEVELOPING WORLD BIOETHICS, 2018; 18 (1)
To investigate the phenomenon of patient-physician mistrust in China, a qualitative study involving 107 physicians, nurses and health officials in Gua......
期刊: DEVELOPING WORLD BIOETHICS, 2018; 18 (1)
Based on two years' ethnographic research on doctor-patient relations in urban China, this paper examines the causes of patients' mistrust of physicia......
期刊: DEVELOPING WORLD BIOETHICS, 2018; 18 (1)
Focusing on the shared sense of victimization and disadvantage-ness by both patients and doctors/medical workers in cases of medical conflicts, this p......
期刊: DEVELOPING WORLD BIOETHICS, 2022; 22 (1)
Human dignity is a crucial concept in contemporary ethical, political and legal studies. However, people have different, even opposite understandings ......
期刊: DEVELOPING WORLD BIOETHICS, 2022; 22 (4)
This study aims to assess the level and determinants of the general public's willingness to organ donation. We conducted a population-based cross-sect......
期刊: DEVELOPING WORLD BIOETHICS, 2022; 22 (3)
The current reform of China's healthcare system focuses mainly on two dimensions: the promotion of primary healthcare and the improvement of quality o......