RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Where the ethical action is
JF Journal of Medical Ethics
JO J Med Ethics
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Institute of Medical Ethics
SP 45
OP 48
DO 10.1136/medethics-2021-107925
VO 49
IS 1
A1 Hardman, Doug
A1 Hutchinson, Phil
YR 2023
UL http://jme.bmj.com/content/49/1/45.abstract
AB It is common to think of medical and ethical modes of thought as different in kind. In such terms, some clinical situations are made more complicated by an additional ethical component. Against this picture, we propose that medical and ethical modes of thought are not different in kind, but merely different aspects of what it means to be human. We further propose that clinicians are uniquely positioned to synthesise these two aspects without prior knowledge of philosophical ethics.No data are available.