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Cultural context in medical ethics: lessons from Japan

This paper examines two topics in Japanese medical ethics: non-disclosure of medical information by Japanese physicians, and the history of human rights abuses by Japanese physicians during World War II. These contrasting issues show how culture shapes our view of ethically appropriate behavior in m...

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Autor principal: Powell, Tia
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1475609/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16759415
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1747-5341-1-4