title: Practical strategies for providing culturally sensitive, ethical care in developing nations.
abstract: Providing health care in developing nations results in cultural and ethical challenges for health care professionals. The authors' intent is to raise readers' awareness of how to maintain an ethical and culturally sensitive approach to practice in developing nations. Four practical approaches to ethical decision-making, developed from the literature and praxis, in conjunction with traditional moral theory and guidelines from professional and international organizations are discussed. Ethical multiculturalism, a view that combines universalism and multiculturalism undergirds culturally appropriate and ethically responsive decisions.
authors.affiliation: William Jewell College, Missouri, USA.
authors.forename: Nancy J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Crigger
authors.forename: Lygia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Holcomb
mesh_terms: D000575:American Nurses' Association; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001364:Awareness; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D003657:Decision Making; D003906:Developing Countries; D028663:Ethical Theory; D005181:Faculty, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D007393:International Educational Exchange; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000941:ethics / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000941:ethics; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011287:Prejudice; D028662:Principle-Based Ethics; D016746:Transcultural Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000941:ethics* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States; D014944:World Health Organization