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Teaching and learning ethics
The morality of care: case study and review
  1. Ryan Tatnell1,
  2. Phillipa J Malpas2
  1. 1University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
  2. 2Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
  1. Correspondence to Phillipa J Malpas, Department of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag, Auckland 92019, New Zealand; p.malpas{at}auckland.ac.nz

Abstract

This case concerns aspects of the treatment of a post-surgical patient in a major public hospital in New Zealand during the author's experiences as a fourth year medical student. This case is used to consider the interlinked ethical issues of sympathy, moral virtue, dignity and how the medical environment can realign these values.

  • Sympathy
  • antipathy
  • virtue
  • dignity
  • vulnerability
  • applied and professional ethics

https://doi.org/10.1136/jme.2011.042911

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    • Detail has been removed from this case description to ensure anonymity. The editors and reviewers have seen the detailed information available and are satisfied that the information backs up the case the authors are making.

    • Competing interests None to declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.

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