Is There an Ethical Right to Health Care? In establishing the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1946 and writing that agency’s constitution, the participating nations declared the basic principle that…
Withholding or Withdrawing Treatment at the End of Life Withholding treatment refers to not beginning a particular treatment, whereas withdrawing treatment refers to stopping a treatment that has been started:…
Ethics of Abortion in Different Times, Places, and Cultures Abortion has been viewed very differently in different times, places, and cultures. In some countries and cultures, abortion is practiced as…
Background Information and the Belmont Report Perhaps more than any other issue in health ethics, the development and refinement of ethical principles for research with human subjects demonstrates a conscious…
Ethical Principles and Practical Issues of Informed Consent The patient’s right to choose is based on the ethical principle of autonomy, or self-determination. Pursuant to that ethical principle, informed consent…
The Facts About FGM Here is the current four-part classification of FGM procedures that is used by WHO and other UN agencies: Type I: Partial or total removal of the…
Judith Rosener describes discord caused when the two gender cultures don’t work hard enough to understand each other. She calls it “sexual static,” which causes discomfort for men and frustration…
Adapted from Klasko, S., & Shea, G. (1999). The Phantom Stethoscope. Franklin, TN: Hillsboro Press. Cultural differences are not new between the two groups. As a result, interdiscipline relationship problems…
Assumptions are made about earlier decisions (before the change model is initiated) including analyses of what it would take to implement the decision. Change theories may differ in how they…
On the other hand, there is no “tyranny of the minority.” Individuals who disagree do not appear to be trying to dominate the group or to express hostility. Their disagreement…
