Advance directives across Asia a comparative sociolegal analysis

This book is the first to consider comprehensively and systematically the law and practice of advance directives across Asia. It will thus be important not only as a reference volume that documents how advance directives are regulated and used throughout Asia, but also as an exploration of the conce...

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Other Authors: Cheung, Daisy (Editor), Dunn, Michael (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom Cambridge University Press 2023
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Collection: Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Daisy Cheung, Michael Dunn & Richard Huxtable
  • Advance Directives in Israel / Miriam Bentwich
  • Advance Medical Directives in Singapore : a faltering policy for end-of-life care? / Tracey Evans Chan
  • South Korea's End-of-life Care Decisions Act : law for better end-of-life care / Ilhak Lee
  • The law and practice of Advance Directives in Taiwan / Daniel Fu-Chang Tsai
  • Advance Directives : the Thai context / Thitinant Tengaumnuay
  • Advance Directives in India : seeking the individual within the community / Kelly Amal Dhru & Ravindra Ghooi
  • The proposed new law on Advance Directives in Hong Kong : a piecemeal attempt at codification? / Daisy Cheung & Rebecca Lee
  • The law and practice of Advance Directives in the Islamic Republic of Iran / Zain Abbas Syed, Ehsan Shamsi-Gooshki & Alireza Parsapoor
  • The law and practice of Advance Directives and end-of-life care in Malaysia / Sharon Kaur, Thomas Tan Hooi Wang, Jenny Yau & Richard Boon Leong Lim
  • Advance Directives in the Philippines : in search of a legal framework / Leonardo D. de Castro, Renato B. Manaloto & Alexander Atrio L. Lopez
  • Advance Directives and the Turkey context / Yesim Isil Ulman
  • Advance Directives in China's mainland : an emerging framework? / Bo Chen
  • Guideline-based approach to end-of-life care decisions in Japan : practice, regulation and the place of Advance Directives / Reina Ozeki-Hayashi, Futoshi Iwata, Satoshi Kodama & Miho Tanaka
  • Advance Directives in Macao : not legally recognised, but... / Vera Lúcia Raposo & Man Teng Iong
  • Advance Directives in Pakistan : religious, cultural and social influences / M. Asim Beg, Erfan Hussain, Noshin Khan, Asma Hamid & Atif Waqar
  • Advance Directives in Saudi Arabia : an Islamic approach and practical implications / Ghaiath Hussein & Abdullah Adlan
  • Advance Directives in Asia : "towards generative accommodation" / Daisy Cheung & Michael Dunn