[Global aspects of medical ethics: conditions and possibilities]. / Globalität ärztlicher Ethik: Bedingungen und Möglichkeiten.
Wien Med Wochenschr
; 151(9-10): 208-12, 2001.
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| ID: mdl-11475094
ABSTRACT
A global or universal code of medical ethics seems paradoxical in the era of pluralism and postmodernism. A different conception of globalisation will be developed in terms of a "procedural universality". According to this philosophical concept, a code of medical ethics does not oblige physicians to accept certain specific, preset, universal values and rules. It rather obliges every culture and society to start a culture-sensitive, continuous, and active discourse on specific issues, mentioned in the codex. This procedure might result in regional, intra-cultural consensus, which should be presented to an inter-cultural dialogue. To exemplify this procedure, current topics of medical ethics (spiritual foundations of medicine, autonomy, definitions concerning life and death, physicians' duties, conduct within therapeutic teams) will be discussed from the point of view of western medicine.
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Assunto principal:
Comparação Transcultural
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Saúde Global
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Ética Médica
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Humans
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2001
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