TY - JOUR T1 - Assessing the ethical weight of cultural, religious and spiritual claims in the clinical context JF - Journal of Medical Ethics JO - J Med Ethics SP - 118 LP - 122 DO - 10.1136/jme.27.2.118 VL - 27 IS - 2 AU - James F Buryska Y1 - 2001/04/01 UR - http://jme.bmj.com/content/27/2/118.abstract N2 - The aim of this paper is to expand upon the conclusions reached by Orr and Genesen in their 1997 article (published in this journal), Requests for ‘inappropriate’ treatment based on religious beliefs.1 Assuming, with Orr and Genesen, that claims made in the name of religion are not absolute, I will propose some principles for determining when claims based on religious beliefs or cultural sensibilities “trump” other considerations and when they do not. ER -