title: ETHICAL DILEMMAS IN PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP IN A MULTI-CULTURAL SOCIETY.
abstract: Israel is a multicultural state that has absorbed, and is continually absorbing people of different cultures who immigrate to Israel, a situation that could create conflicts in the physician-patient relationship. In this article, I will present several cases in which diversity of culture can lead to conflict, and suggest a way of communication that can help prevent the conflicts arising from those situations.
authors.forename: Rotem
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Waitzman
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D054521:Cultural Competency / Q000941:ethics; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D055809:Illness Behavior / Q000941:ethics; D007557:Israel; D017008:Negotiating; D017060:Patient Satisfaction / Q000208:ethnology; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics*; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D012945:Social Values / Q000208:ethnology; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000941:ethics