Editorial comment: the four principles and cultural specification

Editorial comment: the four principles and cultural specification

The four-principles approach of Beauchamp and Childress has had a huge influence in many areas of medicine, including Pediatrics. There is a risk that such universalist principles fail to take into account cultural differences. This is an important point but there is a need to see the more nuanced a...

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Veröffentlicht in:European journal of pediatrics 2009-11, Vol.168 (11), p.1389-1389
1. Verfasser: Voo, Teck-Chuan
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Child
Communication
Cultural Characteristics
Decision Making
Editorial Comment
Ethics, Clinical
Humans
Informed Consent
Islam - psychology
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Parents
Patient Rights
Pediatrics
Physician-Patient Relations - ethics
Religion and Medicine
Social Justice
Truth Disclosure
Value of Life
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Zusammenfassung:The four-principles approach of Beauchamp and Childress has had a huge influence in many areas of medicine, including Pediatrics. There is a risk that such universalist principles fail to take into account cultural differences. This is an important point but there is a need to see the more nuanced aspects of the approach.
ISSN:0340-6199
1432-1076
DOI:10.1007/s00431-009-0971-7