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Toward a Social Bioethics Through Interpretivism: A Framework for Healthcare Ethics
Ryan J Dougherty1, Joseph J Fins2
1Baylor College of Medicine, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Houston, TX, USA.
Summary
A new approach called social bioethics integrates social structures into healthcare ethics. This framework examines how social discourse influences moral reasoning and ethical decision-making in healthcare settings.
Area of Science:
- Bioethics
- Sociology
- Healthcare Ethics
Background:
- Existing healthcare ethics frameworks often overlook the impact of social structures on bioethical issues.
- Recent global events highlight the need for a more comprehensive understanding of social influences in bioethics.
Purpose of the Study:
- To introduce a novel, sociologically informed approach to healthcare ethics termed "social bioethics."
- To demonstrate how social structures and social discourse shape ethical challenges in healthcare.
Main Methods:
- Utilizing interpretive social sciences to analyze the interplay between social structures and individual moral reasoning.
- Applying the social bioethics framework to reframe ethical issues within psychiatric services.
Main Results:
- Social bioethics reframes common ethical issues in psychiatric services by highlighting the influence of social discourse.
- The approach reveals how healthcare ethics consultants engage with and influence broader socio-political-economic systems.
Conclusions:
- Social bioethics offers a more nuanced understanding of bioethical issues by incorporating social structures.
- This framework has implications for policy, clinical decision-making, and the cyclical design of healthcare delivery.
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