Macao Report: Informed Consent in a Multilingual and Multicultural Region, a Bioethical Challenge
Complying with the requirements of informed consent for medical procedures can sometimes be problematic, even when the hospitals are located in countries that are uniform in their language and cultural values. However, when hospitals are located in countries with diverse linguistic and ethnic commun...
| Published in: | Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2018
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Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
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| Further subjects: | B
Informed Consent
B Language B Macao B Cultural Diversity B doctor–patient relationship |
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| Summary: | Complying with the requirements of informed consent for medical procedures can sometimes be problematic, even when the hospitals are located in countries that are uniform in their language and cultural values. However, when hospitals are located in countries with diverse linguistic and ethnic communities, it becomes particularly challenging. This article examines how Macao, with four predominant languages—Mandarin, Portuguese, Cantonese and English—and two very strong cultures, Western and Chinese, strives to meet the challenges of informed consent. The situation is made even more complicated by a healthcare delivery in Macao that is mostly guided by Chinese ethical and cultural perspectives, whereas its law is inspired by the Western model. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-2147 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0963180117000779 |