title: Is informed consent not applicable in China? Intellectual flaws of the "cultural difference argument".
authors.affiliation: Bioethics Centre, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Nie
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D028781:Ethical Relativism; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000941:ethics*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics; D014342:Truth Disclosure / Q000941:ethics; D019366:Western World