Ethics in cross-cultural encounters: a medical concern?

Ethics and Cross-Cultural Nursing

This article examines how cultural misunderstandings and language differences generate ethical dilemmas in crosscultural nursing. It explores the consequences of actions that result when health care providers lack an awareness of the value systems of patients that differ from their own. Described are the principles arising from ethical theory, their application to nursing, and incorporation int...

Supporting cross-cultural communication in real-world encounters

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Western medical ethics taught to junior medical students can cross cultural and linguistic boundaries

BACKGROUND Little is known about teaching medical ethics across cultural and linguistic boundaries. This study examined two successive cohorts of first year medical students in a six year undergraduate MBBS program. METHODS The objective was to investigate whether Arabic speaking students studying medicine in an Arabic country would be able to correctly identify some of the principles of West...

Supporting Cross-Cultural Communication in Real-World Encounters

Business ethics in the NAFTA countries: A cross-cultural comparison

This article examines the nature and extent of similarities and differences in cultural values among managers in the three nations that signed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). One component of a culture is ethics, with this aspect of a culture existing as a potentially strong influence on the success of business organizations. In order to explore the impact of culture on ethical...