This open access book addresses a variety of issues relating to bioethics in order to initiate
cross-cultural dialogue. Beginning with the history it introduces various views on bioethics
based on specific experiences from Japan. It describes how Japan has been confronted with
Western bioethics and the ethical issues new to this modern age and how it has found its
foothold as it decides where it stands on these issues. In the last chapter the author
proposes discarding the overarching term 'Global Bioethics' in favor of the new term
'Bioethics Across the Globe (BAG)' which carries a more universal connotation.This book serves
as an excellent tool to help readers understand a different culture and to initiate deep and
genuine global dialogue that incorporates local and global thinking on bioethics. Bioethics
Across the Globe is a valuable resource for researchers in the field of bioethics medical
ethics interested in adopting cross-cultural approaches as well asgraduate and undergraduate
students of healthcare and philosophy.
