On the Ethics of Withholding and Withdrawing Unwarranted Diagnoses.
Camb Q Healthc Ethics
; 32(3): 425-433, 2023 07.
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ABSTRACT
The number of diagnoses and the number of persons having diagnoses have increased substantially, and studies indicate that diagnoses are given or upheld even if they are unwarranted, that is, that they do not satisfy professionally accepted diagnostic criteria. In this article, the authors investigate the ethics of withholding and withdrawing unwarranted diagnoses. First, they investigate ethical aspects that make it difficult to withhold and to withdraw such diagnoses. Second, they scrutinize whether there are psychological factors, both in persons/patients and healthcare professionals, making it difficult to withdraw and withhold unwarranted diagnoses. Lastly, they use recent elements of the withholding-versus-withdrawing treatment debate in medical ethics to investigate whether there are any differences between withholding and withdrawing treatment and withdrawing and withholding unwarranted diagnoses. The authors conclude that it is crucial to acknowledge and address all these issues to reduce and avoid unwarranted diagnoses.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Privación de Tratamiento
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Diagnóstico
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Aspecto:
Ethics
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Camb Q Healthc Ethics
Asunto de la revista:
ETICA
Año:
2023
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Noruega