Ethics, culture, and psychiatry:international perspectives

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Bibliographic Details
Group Author: Ukashah Ahmad.; Arboleda-Florez J.; (Julio), 1939-; Sartorius N.
Published: American Psychiatric Press,
Publisher Address: Washington, DC
Publication Dates: c2000.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Carrier Form: xiii, 227 p.: ; 23 cm.
ISBN: 0880489995 (alk. paper)
Index Number: R749
CLC: R749-05
R-052
Call Number: R749-05/E843
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ethics and the societies of the world -- The impact of Arab culture on psychiatric ethics -- Conflicts and crises in Latin America -- A West Mediterranean perspective -- Scandinavian approaches -- Culture and ethics of managed care in the United States -- Ethics in Sub-Saharan Africa -- The Indian experince -- Ethics and psychiatry in China -- Intersubjectivity and its influence on psychiatry in Japan -- Research involving incompetent patients : a current problem in light of German history -- Informed consent : a historical and medical perspective -- An international perspective on mental health law reform.