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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 |
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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. |
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ISSN: | 1073-1105 0277-8459 1748-720X |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1748-720X.1997.tb01412.x |