Designing ethicists.
Health Care Anal
; 4(3): 206-18, 1996 Aug.
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| ID: mdl-10162144
ABSTRACT
In the United States, disturbing concerns pertaining to both how putative bioethicists are perceived and the potential for the abuse of their power in connection with these perceptions compel close examination. This paper addresses these caveats by examining two fundamental and interrelated components in the image-construction of the ethicist definitional and contextual. Definitional features reveal that perceptions and images of the ethicist are especially subject to distortion due to a lack of clarity as to the nature and qualifications of the ethicist. Furthermore, the clinical, professional, political, academic, and linguistic contexts in which these ethicists are engaged are contexts of disquieting degrees of power. I argue that the lack of definitional clarity as to what constitutes an ethicist combined with the above volatile contexts together set the stage for the abuse of power on the part of ethicists. Throughout, I question the extent of self-critical analyses among ethicists, and, in view of these components in image-construction and their relationship to power, I challenge the degree of integrity within the field. In conclusion, I propose some areas for further investigation.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Poder Psicológico
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Papel Profissional
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Eticistas
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Ética Médica
Aspecto:
Ethics
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Health Care Anal
Assunto da revista:
SAUDE PUBLICA
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SERVICOS DE SAUDE
Ano de publicação:
1996
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos