Bogoslovska smotra, Vol. 76 No. 1, 2006.
Pregledni rad
The Relationship of Doctor and Patient Toward the Medical Ethics
Josip Talanga
; Institut za filozofiju, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
The basic relationship of the physician to the patient is asymmetric. That is why it the traditional paternalistic relationship to the patient prima facie appears to be the only correct one. However, this relationship is apart of the complex human relations that imply legal and partnership relations that presume ethic autonomy. It seems that promoting partnership relations, where the doctor and patient make joint decisions generates a paradox, namely, that the doctor renounces his competencies. This could cause insecurity in a doctor's professional responsibility. A more serious question is, does this challenge the doctor's authority. Medicine applies scientific (most frequently statistically confirmed) knowledge that recognises which of these values are neutral. That is why in basic relationships towards patients the physician needs to suspend any value judgment in an effort to promote the partner like model offering a complete moral nature to the doctor's activities. The change from the paradigm of the paternalistic to the partnership model has been influenced by global technological and economic changes in modern medicine and by the increasing pluralism of value systems. However, the essential reason to promote the partnership model is the respect for the patient's autonomy and, including the patient into the process of healing.
Ključne riječi
medical ethics; doctor-patient relationship; paternalistic physician; partnership model; patient's moral autonomy
Hrčak ID:
24201
URI
Datum izdavanja:
1.8.2006.
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