@article {Brecher511, author = {B Brecher}, title = {Why the Kantian ideal survives medical learning curves, and why it matters}, volume = {32}, number = {9}, pages = {511--512}, year = {2006}, doi = {10.1136/jme.2005.014704}, publisher = {Institute of Medical Ethics}, abstract = {The {\textquotedblleft}Kantian ideal{\textquotedblright} is often misunderstood as invoking individual autonomy rather than rational self legislation. Le Morvan and Stock{\textquoteright}s otherwise insightful discussion of {\textquotedblleft}Medical learning curves and the Kantian ideal{\textquotedblright}{\textemdash}for example{\textemdash}draws the mistaken inference that that ideal is inconsistent with the realities of medical practice. But it is not. Rationally to be a patient entails accepting its necessary conditions.}, issn = {0306-6800}, URL = {https://jme.bmj.com/content/32/9/511}, eprint = {https://jme.bmj.com/content/32/9/511.full.pdf}, journal = {Journal of Medical Ethics} }