In contrast to that individually oriented approach this volume explores the importance of family oriented approaches to informed consent for medical treatment and clinical research it draws on both east asian moral resources as well as a critical response to the ways in which the practice of informed consent has developed in the united states. Family oriented informed consent east asian and american perspectives volume 121 of philosophy and medicine asian studies in bioethics and the philosophy of medicine editor ruiping fan edition illustrated publisher springer 2015 isbn 3319121200 9783319121208 length 288 pages subjects. Stanford libraries official online search tool for books media journals databases government documents and more. In contrast to that individually oriented approach this volume explores the importance of family oriented approaches to informed consent for medical treatment and clinical research it draws on both east asian moral resources as well as a critical response to the ways in which the practice of informed consent has developed in the united states. Philosophy and medicine asian studies in bioethics and the philosophy of medicine 7 notes includes bibliographical references and index summary most chapters included in this volume were discussed at an international conference titled family oriented informed consent east asian and american perspectives on a cardinal moral practice