Against Relativism: Cultural Diversity and the Search for Ethical Universals in Medicine

by Ruth Macklin

This book analyzes the debate surrounding cultural diversity and its implications for ethics. If ethics are relative to particular cultures or societies, then it is not possible to hold that there are any fundamental human rights. The author examines the role of cultural tradition, often used as a defense against critical ethical judgments, and explores key issues in health and medicine in the context of cultural diversity: the physician-patient relationship,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195116321
• ISBN13: 9780195116328
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.5"