Journal article
A clinician's approach to clinical ethical reasoning
Journal of general internal medicine : JGIM, Vol.20(3), pp.306-311
2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.40204.x
PMCID: PMC1490072
PMID: 15836537
Abstract
We offer a systematic strategy that situates clinical ethical reasoning within the paradigm of clinical reasoning. The trajectory of this strategy parallels clinical reasoning: a plain statement of the initial problem, careful gathering of data, a differential diagnostic assessment, and articulation and confirmation of a justified plan. This approach pays special attention to the goals of medical care, because so much depends on whether or not physician and patient share the same goals. This approach also addresses the heterogeneity of clinical problems that at first appear ethical and acknowledges the ethical pluralism that pervades clinical ethics.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- A clinician's approach to clinical ethical reasoning
- Creators
- Lauris C KALDJIAN - Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, United StatesRobert F WEIR - Program in Biomedical Ethics and Medical Humanities, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, United StatesThomas P DUFFY - Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of general internal medicine : JGIM, Vol.20(3), pp.306-311
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.40204.x
- PMID
- 15836537
- PMCID
- PMC1490072
- NLM abbreviation
- J Gen Intern Med
- ISSN
- 0884-8734
- eISSN
- 1525-1497
- Publisher
- Springer
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2005
- Academic Unit
- Classics and Religious Studies; Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; General Internal Medicine; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984094580902771
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