Military Medical Ethics – Scenario Collection
Lack of knowledge/ awareness in intercultural differences
Non-respect of intercultural differences
A female primary care physician is told she is deploying to an undisclosed location. She will be the only Air Force person at this facility. Upon arrival she realizes she is the sole physician at...
12 Jan, 2017 Views: 322 Comments: 0
Professional ethos – when values clash
In a region affected by ongoing hostilities, a humanitarian aid organisation deployed a eld hospital to treat war-wounded combatants and civilians.The medical staff deployed was made up exclusively...
19 Nov, 2018 Views: 285 Comments: 0
Belief in reincarnation over life-saving measures?
In the context of a predominantly Buddhist community, the medical team in a United Nations medical unit wants to fly a 4 year-old child by helicopter in order to save his life. The child is...
12 Aug, 2019 Views: 312 Comments: 0
Rape victim in a difficult context
"An 18-year old woman is admitted with abdominal pain and vaginal bleeding. You are working in a place where the culture puts a very high value on virginity and her life may be at risk if she is...
26 Jul, 2017 Views: 300 Comments: 0
The intercultural difference for the voluntary termination of pregnancy
A doctor is sent on mission to a country where abortion is considered to be permitted and normal – even until and during the 8th month of a pregnancy. In the doctor's country abortion is only...
27 Jul, 2017 Views: 293 Comments: 0
Cultural sensitivity in the consent process
A local civilian woman has arrived at the medical facility with life-threatening injuries, which need immediate intervention. She has capacity and is refusing treatment on the grounds of skin...
22 Mar, 2018 Views: 262 Comments: 0
Treatment against the will of family members?
A military convoy accidentally caused a motor vehicle accident. An Afghan woman was inside the car and the convoy brought her and her uncle there. Upon entering the medical unit, she is in pain and...
25 Feb, 2019 Views: 290 Comments: 0


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