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Book Synopsis Ethics, Culture, and Psychiatry: International Perspectives is much more than just a book on ethics – it is a major contribution to understanding the impact of culture and history on the ethical practice of medicine around the world.
Trade ReviewRapid scientific developments can obscure the more important role of ethics. The editors of this volume are to be congratulated for recognizing and fulfilling an obligation to the field.
-- Robert Cancro, M.D. * American Journal of Psychiatry *
In an increasingly multicultural society, most clinicians in the United States routinely encounter many of the ethical dilemmas probed in this book. They will, no doubt, find the content of this edited work compelling and thought provoking reading that is broadly relevant to clinical practice and research.
* New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 344 No. 18 *
[T]his is a book that will be food for thought as international ethics in psychiatric practice is debated in the future.
* Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 62:8 *
The editors have surely taken on a daunting task, and they have succeeded. The volume proffers a culturally panoramic view of ethics and psychiatry. It should satisfy readers aspiring to basic knowledge of the ethical practices of psychiatry, particularly from a transcultural perspective. And indeed, the volume is a boon to readers interested in the thorny question of whether, and if so to what degree, issues relating to ethics and psychiatry may transcend not-inconsiderable cultural chasms. . . . I recommend the volume heartily to all readers genuinely interested in weaving ethical and cultural strands within psychiatric practice.
-- Morton D. Sosland, M.D. * Psychosomatics *
Table of ContentsSection I: Ethics and Psychiatry Around the World
Chapter 1. The impact of Arab culture on psychiatric ethics
Chapter 2. Conflicts and crises in Latin America
Chapter 3. A West Mediterranean perspective
Chapter 4. Scandinavian approaches
Chapter 5. Managed care in the United States
Chapter 6. Ethics in Sub-Saharan Africa
Chapter 7. The Indian experience
Chapter 8. Ethics and psychiatry in China
Chapter 9. Intersubjectivity and its influence on psychiatry in Japan
Section II: Overarching Issues
Chapter 10. Research involving incompetent patients: a current problem in light of German history
Chapter 11. Informed consent: a historical and medical perspective
Chapter 12. An international perspective on mental health law reform
Appendix: The Declaration of Madrid
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