痛苦是一个无用的概念吗?
Ryan H Nelson1, Brent Kious2, Emily Largent3
1Abbott Northwestern Hospital.
The American journal of bioethics : AJOB
|June 6, 2024
概括
在生物伦理学中,痛苦的概念往往不清楚,导致医疗决策中的潜在伦理问题. 这项研究分析了痛苦,确定了不准确使用的伦理风险,并为更清晰的沟通提供了建议.
科学领域:
- 生物伦理学生物伦理学
- 医学伦理 医学伦理
- 医学哲学 医学哲学
背景情况:
- 痛苦是生物伦理学和医疗决策中的一个关键概念.
- 当前"痛苦"的使用在临床实践中可能是不信息的,模两可的或误导性的.
研究的目的:
- 在生物伦理学中分析痛苦的概念.
- 识别因不准确地使用痛苦而产生的伦理风险.
- 为避免这些危险提供实际建议.
主要方法:
- 在医疗决策中分析"痛苦"的案例.
- 关于痛苦的著名理论的回顾.
- 对不精确概念使用的伦理分析.
主要成果:
- 在生物伦理学中援引痛苦往往指向有道德意义的问题.
- 痛苦的不准确定义和应用会造成伦理风险.
- 现有的关于痛苦的理论并不能完全解决实际的模两可.
结论:
- 在生物伦理学中,需要对"痛苦"进行更清晰的概念化和应用.
- 伦理上的考虑必须超越简单地调用痛苦,分析其具体性质.
- 提供了建议,以提高准确性,并避免在讨论痛苦时的伦理陷.
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