Introduction (Joseph Tham); Part I: Multiculturalism and relational autonomy;
1. Ethical Issues Concerning Informed Consent in Translational/Clinical Research (Alberto Garcia Gomez and Mirko Daniel Garasic);
2. Informed Consent and Minors in a Multicultural Society (Mirko Daniel Garasic and Fabio Macioce);
3. Community Engagement in the Informed Consent Process in Global Clinical Research: International Recommendations and Guidelines (Margherita Daverio);
4. Family and Healthcare Decision Making: Cultural Shift from the Individual to the Relational Self (Joseph Tham and Marie Catherine Letendre); Part II: Religious perspectives on informed consent;
5. Informed Consent: A Critical Response from a Buddhist Perspective (Ellen Y. Zhang);
6. A Confucian View of Informed Consent in Biomedical Practice (Ruiping Fan);
7. Hindu Norms on Human Experimentation: Parsing Classical Texts (John Lunstroth);
8. Informed Consent and Clinical Trials: A Jewish Perspective (David Heyd);
9. Christian Perspectives on Informed Consent (Laura Palazzani);
10. Fitting Informed Consent onto an Islamic Moral Landscape and within Muslim Contexts (Aasim I. Padela)