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    This study highlights microethics in healthcare, focusing on moment-to-moment clinical interactions and language use between patients and providers. It identifies key ethical junctures, including conflicting rationalities and truth-telling practices.

    Area of Science:

    • Bioethics
    • Medical Sociology

    Background:

    • Traditional bioethics often focuses on abstract principles.
    • Patient experiences reveal the significance of nuanced, everyday ethical challenges in healthcare.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To explore the concept of microethics through the personal narratives of bioethicists experiencing illness.
    • To identify and analyze common microethical issues within clinical interactions.

    Main Methods:

    • Qualitative analysis of personal illness narratives from bioethicists.
    • Identification of recurring themes and "dense junctures" of ethical concern.

    Main Results:

    • Ethics in clinical practice is often enacted in the "moment-to-moment flow" of interaction, particularly through language.

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    • Microethics, focusing on the granular details of clinical encounters, is crucial for understanding ethical practice.
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