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Bioethics and International Human Rights

Noting how the spread of medical technology is creating clashes with traditional values and within cultures, the author addresses the clash between Western rights-based incentives, as used by the United Nations to guarantee respect for life and dignity, and communitarian traditions. He proposes a me...

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Published in:Law, medicine & health care medicine & health care, 1997-12, Vol.25 (4), p.295-306
Main Author: Thomasma, David C.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Noting how the spread of medical technology is creating clashes with traditional values and within cultures, the author addresses the clash between Western rights-based incentives, as used by the United Nations to guarantee respect for life and dignity, and communitarian traditions. He proposes a mean between wholesale cultural relativism and international absolutism.
ISSN:1073-1105
0277-8459
1748-720X
DOI:10.1111/j.1748-720X.1997.tb01412.x