TY - JOUR
T1 - Informed Consent in Africa
AU - Christakis, Nicholas A.
AU - Fox, Renée C.
AU - Temmerman, Marleen
AU - Bankowski, Zbigniew
AU - Barry, Michèle
AU - Faden, Ruth R.
AU - Ijsselmuiden, Carel B.
PY - 1992/10/8
Y1 - 1992/10/8
N2 - To the Editor: IJsselmuiden and Faden (March 19 issue)1 describe a paper by one of us2 as implying that there is only one African culture and that that culture is static. The paper does not make these claims. Rather, the paper is premised on two basic sociological principles: first, although culture is multiform, peoples with common traditions in an area such as Central Africa share certain values, beliefs, symbols, and rituals of overriding importance,3 and second, although culture is plastic and variable, it does not change rapidly or rampantly. We therefore do not consider the data cited in the Christakis…
AB - To the Editor: IJsselmuiden and Faden (March 19 issue)1 describe a paper by one of us2 as implying that there is only one African culture and that that culture is static. The paper does not make these claims. Rather, the paper is premised on two basic sociological principles: first, although culture is multiform, peoples with common traditions in an area such as Central Africa share certain values, beliefs, symbols, and rituals of overriding importance,3 and second, although culture is plastic and variable, it does not change rapidly or rampantly. We therefore do not consider the data cited in the Christakis…
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM199210083271517
DO - 10.1056/NEJM199210083271517
M3 - Letter
C2 - 1522857
AN - SCOPUS:0026661160
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 327
SP - 1101
EP - 1103
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 15
ER -