title: The fiction of neutrality.
authors.affiliation: Program in Clinical Ethics, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Secundy
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sundstrom
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D003469:Culture; D004501:Education, Medical; D026822:Ethicists; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007603:Jurisprudence; D016743:Mental Competency; D026706:Paternalism; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D024382:Professional Role; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D012945:Social Values; D016312:Treatment Refusal