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Differential ethics in global mental health

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: Advancing the opinion that global mental health supersedes public and international levels and deals with an integrative approach, this paper elaborates some of the implications of a differential ethics theory as outlined by H.M. Sass. Rejecting the extremes of moralizing generalizations and narrow scientific stances, it considers the need for cultural competence and praxis-relevant thinking in ethical evaluation. This does not only apply to the relationships between experts and lay people but also to the pluralistic constitution of ethics committees, in which different epistemic and value cultures must be integrated along a continuum of decision making processes including deontological and teleological stages. Key Words:

Source: DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)

Author: Fernando Lolas Stepke

Institution: University of Chile

Language: German

Topic: Ethics and bioethics in healthcare

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2294439582

FWCI: 0.344

Cites: 7

Cited by: 3

Related to: 10