Objective To study how doctors care for their patients, both medically and as fellow humans,
through observing their conduct in patient–doctor encounters. Design Qualitative study in …

The principle of respect for autonomy has shaped much of the bioethics' discourse over the
last 50 years, and is now most commonly used in the meaning of respecting autonomous …

While certain substantial moral dilemmas in health care have been given much attention,
like abortion, euthanasia or gene testing, doctors rarely reflect on the moral implications of …

A Wednesday morning in a local hospital in Norway, and I was eagerly awaiting the weekly
teaching session. Being a medical student, these sessions were always welcomed, but I was …

ObjectiveThe transfer of experiences gained after prehospital medical responses to major
incidents has largely been nonsystematic, and better-structured reporting methods have …

All of clinical work also has a moral dimension since the purpose of health care is to help
patients. The aim of this project is to understand how doctors deal with these moral …

Kari Milch Agledahl er spesialist i øyesykdommer, overlege og forsker ved
Finnmarkssykehuset, Klinikk Hammerfest, og førsteamanuensis i medisinsk etikk ved UiT …

Sentralt for medisinsk sosiologi er betraktningen av helse og sykdom som sosiale
fenomener, som opprettholdes og håndteres gjennom samfunnsmessige strukturer og …

Å ivareta pasienten er tradisjonelt blitt ansett som en viktig del av legegjerningen, og økt
vektlegging av kommunikasjon og etikk i medisinstudiet de siste tiårene synes å understreke …