Abstract
The author poses a five-step normative decision-making model to help health care professionals arrive at sound ethical judgments. It also examines the process of decision making as it applies to a representative case in clinical oncology. Psychological factors that complicate, and at times confound ethical decision making also are explored. Finally, a point-counterpoint method is presented to help identify psychological and personal values that can obstruct ethical decision making.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 69-82 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Journal of Psychosocial Oncology |
Volume | 11 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 24 1993 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Oncology
- Applied Psychology
- Psychiatry and Mental health