AN ETHNOMEDICAL PERSPECTIVE OF MEDICAL-ETHICS

被引：15

作者：

FABREGA, H

机构：

[1] Psychiatry and Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213

来源：

JOURNAL OF MEDICINE AND PHILOSOPHY | 1990年 / 15卷 / 06期

关键词：

BIOETHICS; CULTURE AND ILLNESS; ETHICS AND MORALITY OF HEALING; HEALING ROLE; MEDICAL SYSTEMS;

D O I：

10.1093/jmp/15.6.593

中图分类号：

B82 [伦理学（道德学）];

学科分类号：

摘要：

Ethnomedicine is the field that analyzes medical traditions comparatively. An ethnomedical approach is used in the essay to analyze the topic of medical ethics. General properties of medical ethics as realized in different societies are outlined. These pertain to the healer's relations with clients, with other healers, and with the group or society. The conditions of medical practice and the influence of social and political factors that affect them are discussed in relation to medical ethical questions. Unique developments of contemporary medical science that affect and condition practice and raise new ethical questions are examined in light of ethnomedical generalizations. The essay aims to clarify the cultural bases of medicine generally and ethical aspects of medical practice and care more specifically. © 1990 Kluwer Academic Publishers.

引用

页码：593 / 625

页数：33