Local attitudes, moral obligation, customary obedience and other cultural practices: Their influence on the process of gaining informed consent for surgery in a tertiary institution in a developing country

Developing World Bioethics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-42

  Irabor, David O ^a   Omonzejele, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Consent; Cultural bioethics; Customary obedience; Local moral obligation; Surgery

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MORALITY; NIGERIA; PARENTAL CONSENT; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; SURGERY;

AFRICA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; NIGERIA; PARENTAL CONSENT; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT;

EID: 62549132711     PISSN: 14718731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8847.2007.00198.x     Document Type: Article

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