Publications by authors named "Levi Jackson"
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- Biomedicine influences modern ideas about personal choice and separates science from religion, especially in healthcare.
- A study looked at how medical staff in Jerusalem views behavior from Jewish ultra-Orthodox and Arab patients, focusing on their cultural differences.
- Staff believed that cultural backgrounds affected patient autonomy, but they treated ultra-Orthodox patients with more understanding compared to Arab patients, suggesting deeper societal biases and the need for better cultural awareness in healthcare.
Background: Medical neutrality is a normative arrangement that differentiates a zone of medical treatment disconnected from the field of politics. While medical neutrality aims to ensure impartial healthcare for all and to shield the healthcare personnel from political demands, it can also divert attention away from conflicts and their effects on health inequity. This article analyzes how healthcare professionals understand and negotiate the depoliticized space of the emergency department (ED) through their views on neutrality.
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