Ethical Issues in Reproductive Health
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…
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Ethical Theories and Bioethics in a Global Perspective
Theories of Ethics For thousands of years of human experience, people have looked for ways to differentiate right conduct from wrong. Systems have been developed for the purpose of helping…
The Right to Health Care and Ethical Obligations to Provide Care
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…
Ethical Issues of Research with Human Subjects
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…
Autonomy and Informed Consent in Global Perspective
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…
Ethical Issues of Female Genital Mutilation
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…
Culture Shock: Dyads as Both Harbingers and Architects of Cultural Change
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…
An Introduction to a New Leadership Model
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…
What We Say Today May Not Be True Tomorrow
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…
Forming Dyad-Led Teams and Multiple Partnerships
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…
