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