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Using Visual and Narrative Methods to Achieve Fair Process in Clinical Care
Published on: February 17, 2011
Medical ethics as therapy
1Department of Philosophy, Institute for Applied and Professional Ethics, 202 Ellis Hall, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, USA. zuckera@ohio.edu
Abstract:
In this paper, the author examines a style of teaching for a medical ethics course designed for medical students in their clinical years, a style that some believe conflicts with a commitment to analytic philosophy. The author discusses (1) why some find a conflict, (2) why there really is no conflict, and (3) the approach to medical ethics through narratives. The author will also argue that basing medical ethics on the use of narratives has problems and dangers not fully discussed in the literature.
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