Ethical issues in diagnosis

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type 01 Feb 1980 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Metamedicine, volume 1, pages 39-50 (issn: 0166-2031, eissn: 1573-1200,

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Authors: H Tristram, Engelhardt;

doi: 10.1007/bf00883518

pmid: 11665123

Ethical issues in diagnosis

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Abstract

The ways in which ethical issues arise in making clinical judgments are briefly discussed. By showing the topography of the role of value judgments in medical diagnostics it is suggested why clinical medicine remains inextricably a value-infected science.

Related Organizations

Georgetown University
United States
Kennedy Institute of Ethics
United States

Keywords

Risk, Physician-Patient Relations, Social Values, Disclosure, Risk Assessment, Medical Records, Philosophy, Evaluation Studies as Topic, Diagnosis, Humans, Ethics, Medical, Confidentiality

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