Is There a Global Bioethics? End-of-Life in Thailand and the Case for Local Difference

As developing countries build allopathic medical systems, what should their bioethics be? In this essay, we explore possible answers to this question, ultimately arguing that Western bioethics is insuffi cient to solve the problems that arise in the practice of allopathic medicine in non-Western contexts. As an example, the authors discuss recent confl icts over the use of mechanical ventilators in Thailand.bioethics, ethics, western ethics, Thailand, allopathic medical system, mechanical ventilators, Health Studies, Social Medicine, Health Studies