From the local to the global: Bioethics and the concept of culture

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 305-320

  Turner, Leigh ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioethics; Concepts of culture; Ethnicity; Pluralism; Universalism

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFORMED CONSENT; LAW; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL CAPACITY; MORALITY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RELIGIOUS GROUP; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIALIZATION; TERMINAL CARE;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOETHICS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNATIONALITY; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PAIN; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; TERMINAL CARE; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 21244480072     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03605310590960193     Document Type: Review

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