Abstract
This article starts with a brief historical account of the ongoing debate about the status of clinical ethics: theory of practice. The author goes on to argue that clinical ethics is best understood as a practice. However, its practicality should not be measured by the extent to which clinical-ethical consultants manage to mediate or negotiate resolutions to ethical conflicts. Rather, clinical ethics is practical because it is characterized by a profound concern for the well-being of individual patients as well as the moral parameters of swift and urgent medical action in the face of limited supportive information.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 295-312 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1998 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
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Clinical ethics : Theory or practice? / Welie, Jos V. M.
In: Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics, Vol. 19, No. 3, 1998, p. 295-312.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
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