Culture and the Principles of Biomedical Ethics
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5912/jcb598Keywords:
Principlism, cultural goods of medicine, personhood, practical-beliefsAbstract
This paper examines the roles of culture in the principles of biomedical ethics. Drawing on examples from African, Navajo and Western cultures, the paper maintains that various elements of culture are indispensable to the application of the principles of biomedical ethics.
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