RT Article
T1 Caring ethics and a Somali reproductive dilemma
JF Nursing ethics
VO 20
IS 4
SP 366
OP 381
A1 Narruhn, Robin
A1 Schellenberg, Ingra R
A2 Schellenberg, Ingra R
LA English
YR 2013
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1779451237
AB The use of traditional ethical methodologies is inadequate in addressing a constructed maternal–fetal rights conflict in a multicultural obstetrical setting. The use of caring ethics and a relational approach is better suited to address multicultural conceptualizations of autonomy and moral distress. The way power differentials, authoritative knowledge, and informed consent are intertwined in this dilemma will be illuminated by contrasting traditional bioethics and a caring ethics approach. Cultural safety is suggested as a way to develop a relational ontology. Using caring ethics and a relational approach can alleviate moral distress in health-care providers, while promoting collaboration and trust between providers and their patients and ultimately decreasing reproductive disparities. This article examines how a relational approach can be applied to a cross-cultural reproductive dilemma.
K1 patient-centered care relational ethics
K1 Moral Distress
K1 fetal–maternal conflict
K1 cultural safety
K1 Caring ethics
K1 Autonomy
DO 10.1177/0969733012453363