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Title: | Is there a Mediterranean bioethics? |
Authors: | Mallia, Pierre |
Keywords: | Bioethics -- Mediterranean Region Medical ethics -- Mediterranean Region Bioethics -- Cross-cultural studies Physician and patient -- Mediterranean Region Bioethics -- Religious aspects |
Issue Date: | 2012 |
Publisher: | Springer |
Citation: | Mallia, P. (2012). Is there a Mediterranean bioethics?. Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, 15, 419-429. |
Abstract: | Is there a special Mediterranean approach to Bioethics and if so what are the roots of this approach? And why not a Bosphorus, or a ‘lake Michigan’ bioethics? The answer to such a question depends on the focus one takes on defining ‘Mediterranean’? On the one hand one can refer to the Mediterranean region which includes the surrounding coasts, having Europe on its northern coast line, northern Africa on its southern coast line (and these will include the north and South West coasts), and in the Eastern region countries which border with Middle-Eastern countries. This approach is the approach currently being taken by European Parliamentarians when they speak about the Mediterranean, namely including countries like France, Italy and Libya. On the other hand there is the look upon the Mediterranean as ‘Southern Europe’; this is a more ‘traditional’ way on how westerners view the Mediterranean. This common approach is often recognized when, for example, we speak of ‘Mediterranean diet’, or, ‘Mediterranean Temperament’. It would include Eastern countries like Greece and Cyprus. This article focuses on these two approaches to Mediterranean ethics after discussing issues pertaining to the region which are important to define in this context. It then analyses the need for having a Mediterranean approach to bioethical issues. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/124801 |
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