| Literature DB >> 2560043 |
R J Christie, C Freer, C B Hoffmaster, M A Stewart.
Abstract
General practitioners in England and Wales were sent a questionnaire asking how they would handle the ethical problems posed by six case vignettes and their reasons for their decisions. The ethical problems included: how much information to divulge to patients, how extensively a physician should become involved in the lifestyles of patients and how to deal with a possible family problem. The varying patterns of response to the six cases suggested that ethical issues are resolved in a case-by-case, not a theoretical, basis.Entities:
Keywords: Bioethics and Professional Ethics; Empirical Approach
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Year: 1989 PMID: 2560043 PMCID: PMC1712147
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J R Coll Gen Pract ISSN: 0035-8797