Medical ethics and cultures of the world
Moulin, A.M.
Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique 101(3): 227-231
2008
ISSN/ISBN: 0037-9085 PMID: 18681216 Document Number: 616092
We celebrate the anniversary of the Société de Pathologie exotique, founded in 1908. Is the term exotic still appropriate to single out a kind of pathology, in the era of Globalization? And what is the meaning of labeling different sets of ethical values, some of which can be said exotic, with the legitimate purpose of acknowledging, on an equal footing, the irreducible differences among cultures? Further research often reveals behind the so-called pluralism of values the socio-economic inequalities, which explain disparities. "Exotic" indicates a crying need for more in-depth analysis of medical practices in all countries, including Western ones, and an alternating close and remote look at all of them, in order to display "a rainbow of values on an ethical horizon".