Buddhism and Medical Ethics: A Bibliographic Introduction
James J. Hughes and Damien Keown
Abstract:
This article provides an introduction to some contemporary issues in medical
ethics and the literature which addresses them from a Buddhist perspective.
The first part of the article discusses Buddhism and medicine and outlines
some of the main issues in contemporary medical ethics. In the rest of
the paper three subjects are considered: i) moral personhood, ii) abortion,
and iii) death, dying and euthanasia. The bibliographic references appended
to the article will be updated periodically (contributions are welcome),
and the latest version of the bibliography will be available from the journal's
"Resources" directory.
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