Cross-Cultural and Religious Critiques of Informed Consent

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Cross-Cultural and Religious Critiques of Informed Consent is written by Joseph Tham and published by Routledge. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1000510441 (ISBN 10) and 9781000510447 (ISBN 13).

This book explores the challenges of informed consent in medical intervention and research ethics, considering the global reality of multiculturalism and religious diversity. Even though informed consent is a gold standard in research ethics, its theoretical foundation is based on the conception of individual subjects making autonomous decisions. There is a need to reconsider autonomy as relational—where family members, community and religious leaders can play an important part in the consent process. The volume re-evaluates informed consent in multicultural contexts and features perspectives from Buddhism, Confucianism, Hinduism, Christianity, Judaism and Islam. It is valuable reading for scholars interested in bioethics, healthcare ethics, research ethics, comparative religions, theology, human rights, law and sociology.