The Influence of Traditional Views, Ethics and Religions on the Development of Modern Medical Technology

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10.2991/icsshe-17.2017.43How to use a DOI?

Keywords

traditional views, ethics, organ transplantation, euthanasia, clone technology, religion

Abstract

The effects of traditional views, ethics and religions on the modern medical technology were analyzed in this paper. Conflicts result from the relative stability of social ethics and the rapid development of science and technology. By analyses of the traditional culture influence on modern people's psychology, we analyze these traditional ideas impact on modern medical technology development, such as the application of organ transplanting, euthanasia and clone technology. We conclude that the affection is mutual.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Na Wang
AU  - Jinguo Wang
PY  - 2017/09
DA  - 2017/09
TI  - The Influence of Traditional Views, Ethics and Religions on the Development of Modern Medical Technology
BT  - Proceedings of the 2017 3rd International Conference on Social Science and Higher Education
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 170
EP  - 172
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icsshe-17.2017.43
DO  - 10.2991/icsshe-17.2017.43
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