The field of bioethics has been dominated by the tenets and assumptions of Western
philosophical rationalistic thought. A principles and rights‐based approach to discussions of …

This article investigates the contributions anthropological perspectives can make to the field
of bioethics. Four dimensions of an anthropological approach to bioethics are presented: the …

Over the past 25 years, neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) have been established
throughout the industrialized world and in some Third World nations to provide sophisticated …

It is becoming increasingly difficult to find diehards who will flatly assert that bioethics and
social science have nothing to contribute to (and learn from) one another. The rigid …

Ethnography is a qualitative, naturalistic research method derived from the anthropological
tradition. Ethnography uses participant observation supplemented by other research …

When ethnographers explore 'particularly sensitive'social activities, raising complex political,
legal and ethical stakes, they sometimes work in contexts in which certain ethnographic …

Neonatal intensive care enables the treatment of many babies born catastrophically ill. The
benefit of providing such treatment is usually clear, for most of these babies grow up to enjoy …

This dissertation presents a cultural analysis of the dying process. It focuses upon the 90
percent of persons who die after an illness and whose death is expected, juxtaposing the …

During the period between 1982 and 1985, the United States government developed a
policy that placed stricter limits on physicians' and parents' decisions about when they could …