The difference that culture can make in end-of-life decisionmaking

HE Hern, BA Koenig, LJ Moore… - Cambridge Quarterly of …, 1998 - cambridge.org
HE Hern, BA Koenig, LJ Moore, PA Marshall
Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, 1998cambridge.org
Cultural difference has been largely ignored within bioethics, particularly within the end-of-
life discourses and practices that have developed over the past two decades in the US
healthcare system. Yet how should culture—specifically cultural differences as reflected
among groups defined as ethnically or racially different—be taken into account?
Cultural difference has been largely ignored within bioethics, particularly within the end-of-life discourses and practices that have developed over the past two decades in the U.S. healthcare system. Yet how should culture—specifically cultural differences as reflected among groups defined as ethnically or racially different—be taken into account?
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