RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Patient decision-making: medical ethics and mediation.
JF Journal of Medical Ethics
JO J Med Ethics
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Institute of Medical Ethics
SP 164
OP 167
DO 10.1136/jme.22.3.164
VO 22
IS 3
A1 Y J Craig
YR 1996
UL http://jme.bmj.com/content/22/3/164.abstract
AB A review of medical ethics literature relating to the importance of the participation of patients in decision-making introduces the role of rights-based mediation as a voluntary process now being developed innovatively in America. This is discussed in relation to the theory of communicative ethics and moral personhood. References are then made to the work of medical ethics committees and the role of mediation within these. Finally it is suggested that mediation is part of an eirenic ethic already being used informally in good patient care, and that there is a case for developing it further.