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Investigates the contributions anthropological perspectives can make to the field of bioethics.
Concludes with a discussion of ways that anthropological methods and knowledge can be applied in the bioethics arena.

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Examines the process of joint decision making between cardiothoracic surgeons and anesthesiologists in a U.S. hospital as they made changes in clinical practice in response to reimbursement reductions.

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Investigates the social-cultural factors and other circumstances that influence decision making in the treatment of acute illness in three West Coast nursing homes.

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Examines, in a two-step analysis, the degree to which health care decisions made by elderly Medicare recipients coincide with the norms of physicians using theory and methods from cognitive anthropology.

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Argues that the concept of knowledge, as utilized by public health professionals, is best regarded as cultural belief, as defines in anthropology.

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Examines the theoretical and methodological grounding of anthropological research on medical decision making with reference to both critiques and empirical studies.

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