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The trouble with do-gooders: the example of suicide.

J Savulescu1.   

Abstract

This paper describes the concept of a do-gooder: a person who does unwanted good. It illustrates why doing-good is a problem and argues that patients should not be compelled to do what is best. It shows the ways in which doctors covertly do-good and offers a critique of these. The discussion focuses on the example of the treatment of patients who attempt suicide.

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Keywords:  Analytical Approach; Death and Euthanasia

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Year:  1997        PMID： 9134492      PMCID： PMC1377211          DOI： 10.1136/jme.23.2.108

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Med Ethics        ISSN： 0306-6800            Impact factor:   2.903


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Authors:  D C Clark
Journal:  Issues Law Med       Date:  1992

2.  Some refusals of medical treatment which changed the law of Victoria.

Authors:  N Tonti-Filippini
Journal:  Med J Aust       Date:  1992-08-17       Impact factor: 7.738

3.  Rational non-interventional paternalism: why doctors ought to make judgments of what is best for their patients.

Authors:  J Savulescu
Journal:  J Med Ethics       Date:  1995-12       Impact factor: 2.903

4.  Rational desires and the limitation of life-sustaining treatment.

Authors:  Julian Savulescu
Journal:  Bioethics       Date:  1994-07       Impact factor: 1.898

5.  Autonomy, religious values, and refusal of lifesaving medical treatment.

Authors:  M J Wreen
Journal:  J Med Ethics       Date:  1991-09       Impact factor: 2.903
  5 in total
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1.  How to reveal disguised paternalism.

Authors:  Niels Lynöe; Niklas Juth; Gert Helgesson
Journal:  Med Health Care Philos       Date:  2009-08-12
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