Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
7338170 Social Science & Medicine 2013 9 Pages PDF
Abstract
► Compares Thai and American doctors' styles of moral reasoning in recent writings on medical ethics. ► Discusses the roles of national identity, religion, personal virtue, and secular rules in physicians' ethical discourse. ► Findings shed light on debates about “Eastern collectivism” versus “Western individualism”. ► Identifies differences in moral frameworks that may pose challenges to cross-national collaboration.
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