Personal identity, possible worlds, and medical ethicsMedicine, Health Care and Philosophy - Tập 25 - Trang 429-437 - 2022
Nils-Frederic Wagner
Thought experiments that concoct bizarre possible world modalities are standard fare in debates on personal identity. Appealing to intuitions raised by such evocations is often taken to settle differences between conflicting theoretical views that, albeit, have practical implications for ethical controversies of personal identity in health care. Employing thought experiments that way is inadequate...... hiện toàn bộ
Historical empathy and medicine: Pathography and empathy in Sophocles’ PhiloctetesMedicine, Health Care and Philosophy - Tập 25 - Trang 561-575 - 2022
Vassiliki Kampourelli
The aim of this article is to explore the ways in which the engagement with Greek tragedy may contribute fruitfully to the unfolding of empathy in medical students and practitioners. To reappraise the general view that classical texts are remote from modern experience because of the long distance between the era they represent and today, I propose an approach to Greek tragedy viewed through the le...... hiện toàn bộ
The “Soul of Professionalism” in the Hippocratic Oath and todayMedicine, Health Care and Philosophy - Tập 18 - Trang 185-194 - 2014
Friedrich Heubel
This article views the Hippocratic Oath from a new perspective and draws consequences for modern health care. The Oath consists of two parts, a family-like alliance where the teacher of the “art” is equal to a father and a set of maxims how the “art” is to be practiced. Self-commitments stated before the gods tie the parts together and give the alliance trustworthiness. One might call this a proto...... hiện toàn bộ
Paternal consent in prenatal research: ethical aspectsMedicine, Health Care and Philosophy - Tập 23 - Trang 325-331 - 2019
Mats Johansson, Göran Hermerén, Nils-Eric Sahlin
The role of mothers in prenatal research has been discussed extensively. Significantly less work has been done on the father’s role. In this article, focusing on ethical issues, we seek to redress this imbalance. Examining the father’s position in research conducted on pregnant women, we ask whether or not paternal consent ought to be required in addition to that of the pregnant woman. Having dist...... hiện toàn bộ