Ethical Relativism in a Multicultural Society

Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-22

  Macklin, Ruth ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ALTRUISM; AMERICAN INDIAN; ANALYTICAL APPROACH; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE; BENEFICENCE; CHILD ABUSE; CIRCUMCISION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSIS; ETHICS; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; FREEDOM; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JEW; JUVENILE; LAW; LIVING WILL; MIGRATION; MINORITY GROUP; NEOPLASM; PAIN; PATERNALISM; PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIGION; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; UNITED STATES;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADOLESCENT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ALTRUISM; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE; BENEFICENCE; CHILD ABUSE; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; COMMUNICATION; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSIS; DISCLOSURE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; ETHICAL RELATIVISM; ETHICS; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FREEDOM; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNATIONALITY; JEWS; LEGISLATION; MINORITY GROUPS; MINORS; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PATERNALISM; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENTS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIANS; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIGION; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL VALUES; TERMINALLY ILL; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES; WOMEN;

EID: 0032010093     PISSN: 10546863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/ken.1998.0005     Document Type: Article

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