This book examines the implications of Confucian moral and ontological
understandings for medical decision-making, human embryonic stem cell
research, and health care financing. The book reveals East Asian
attitudes on the moral status of human embryos and the morality of
embryonic stem cell research that are quite different from Christian and
Muslim cultural perspectives. The book also discusses how Confucian
cultural resources can help meet the challenges of health care
financing.