Cross-Cultural Dialogue on Health Care Ethics, A

Description:

The ethical theories employed in health care today assume, in the main, a modern Western philosophical framework. Yet the diversity of cultural and religious assumptions regarding human nature, health and illness, life and death, and the status of the individual suggest that a cross-cultural study of health care ethics is needed. A Cross-Cultural Dialogue on Health Care Ethics provides this study. It shows that ethical questions can be resolved by examining the ethical principles present in each culture, critically assessing each value, and identifying common values found within all traditions.

subjects: Medical ethics,  Health services administration,  Cross-Cultural Comparison,  Religion and Medicine,  Medicine,  Medical care,  Cross-cultural studies,  Bioethical Issues,  Bioethics,  Cultural Diversity,  Decision Making,  Delivery of Health Care,  Health,  Public Policy,  Social Values,  Adolescent,  Attitude to Death,  Buddhism,  Complementary Therapies,  Confucianism,  Community Participation,  Disease,  Ecology,  Family Relations,  Freedom,  North American Indians,  Informed Consent,  International Cooperation,  Internationality,  Minority Groups,  Minors,  Patient Participation,  Personal Autonomy,  Physician-Patient Relations,  Reference Standards,  Religion,  Religious Philosophies,  Risk Assessment,  Risk,  Terminal Care,  Treatment Refusal,  Éthique médicale,  Soins médicaux,  Études transculturelles,  MEDICAL,  Ethics,  Medische ethiek,  Culturele aspecten