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Using Visual and Narrative Methods to Achieve Fair Process in Clinical Care
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Discourse ethics in practical medicine.

F Keller1, G Allert, H Baitsch

  • 1Medical Faculty, University of Ulm, Germany.

Medical Humanities
|May 16, 2013
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Modern medicine requires new ethical approaches beyond the traditional patient/doctor dyad. Discourse ethics offers a framework to manage complex medical cases and improve value-based problem-solving in clinical practice.

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Using Visual and Narrative Methods to Achieve Fair Process in Clinical Care
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Using Visual and Narrative Methods to Achieve Fair Process in Clinical Care

Published on: February 16, 2011

Area of Science:

  • Medical Ethics
  • Clinical Practice
  • Health Communication

Background:

  • The traditional patient/doctor relationship is evolving into complex multiagent interactions.
  • Current medical practice faces challenges in addressing complex patient cases.
  • Failures in diagnosis and treatment can stem from mechanistic approaches or communication deficits.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the limitations of current medical practice in complex cases.
  • To evaluate the potential of rule-based algorithms and discourse ethics in improving patient treatment.
  • To propose discourse ethics as a suitable model for modern medical practice.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of a routine cancer case to illustrate potential failures in medical practice.
  • Discussion of the applicability of rule-based algorithms.
  • Description of how discourse ethics can be applied to clinical scenarios.

Main Results:

  • The study highlights how mechanistic methods and communication issues can lead to treatment failures.
  • Rule-based algorithms may not fully address the complexities of clinical decision-making.
  • Discourse ethics provides a procedural model better suited to managing complexity and temporality in medicine.

Conclusions:

  • Discourse ethics aligns with the procedural logic of clinical medicine.
  • It can effectively mediate conflicts and support value-based problem-solving.
  • Applied discourse ethics is instrumental for navigating the complexities of modern healthcare.