RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Suffering, compassion and ‘doing good medical ethics’
JF Journal of Medical Ethics
JO J Med Ethics
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Institute of Medical Ethics
SP 87
OP 90
DO 10.1136/medethics-2014-102355
VO 41
IS 1
A1 de Zulueta, Paquita C
YR 2015
UL http://jme.bmj.com/content/41/1/87.abstract
AB ‘Doing good medical ethics’ involves attending to both the biomedical and existential aspects of illness. For this, we need to bring in a phenomenological perspective to the clinical encounter, adopt a virtue-based ethic and resolve to re-evaluate the goals of medicine, in particular the alleviation of suffering and the role of compassion in everyday ethics.