Patient-Physician Relationship: In Defence of W. D. Ross’s Prima Facie Duties
The patient-physician relationship is one of the most prevalent and topical issues in bioethics. Using various ethical theories and concepts, bioethicists and philosophers in general have offered similar and contrasting arguments on how a physician ought to treat and relate with his patient. The ai...
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The patient-physician relationship is one of the most prevalent and topical issues in bioethics. Using various ethical theories and concepts, bioethicists and philosophers in general have offered similar and contrasting arguments on how a physician ought to treat and relate with his patient. The aim of this paper is to centre on William David Ross’s notion of “Prima Facie Duties” and its implications for human actions, especially, in the discourse on patient-physician relationship. This paper attempts to resolve the problem of the patient-physician relationship in relation to truth-telling in medical professions using Ross’s prima facie duties. Hence, this paper looks beyond the deficiencies of ideal utilitarianism and the stringency of Kant absolutism.
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| spelling | doaj.art-57b99c69a1f049e4b24c30d813f4f1212024-04-22T02:33:04ZengBangladesh Bioethics SocietyBangladesh Journal of Bioethics2226-92312078-14582022-11-0113310.62865/bjbio.v13i3.48Patient-Physician Relationship: In Defence of W. D. Ross’s Prima Facie Duties Awe Solomon Kolawole 0Esan Oluwatobi David 1. Researcher, Department of Philosophy, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, NigeriaResearcher, Department of Philosophy, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria The patient-physician relationship is one of the most prevalent and topical issues in bioethics. Using various ethical theories and concepts, bioethicists and philosophers in general have offered similar and contrasting arguments on how a physician ought to treat and relate with his patient. The aim of this paper is to centre on William David Ross’s notion of “Prima Facie Duties” and its implications for human actions, especially, in the discourse on patient-physician relationship. This paper attempts to resolve the problem of the patient-physician relationship in relation to truth-telling in medical professions using Ross’s prima facie duties. Hence, this paper looks beyond the deficiencies of ideal utilitarianism and the stringency of Kant absolutism. https://bjbio.bioethics.org.bd/index.php/BJBio/article/view/48Prima facie duties, truth-telling, patient, physician, ideal utilitarianism, absolutism |
| spellingShingle | Awe Solomon Kolawole Esan Oluwatobi David Patient-Physician Relationship: In Defence of W. D. Ross’s Prima Facie Duties Bangladesh Journal of Bioethics Prima facie duties, truth-telling, patient, physician, ideal utilitarianism, absolutism |
| title | Patient-Physician Relationship: In Defence of W. D. Ross’s Prima Facie Duties |
| title_full | Patient-Physician Relationship: In Defence of W. D. Ross’s Prima Facie Duties |
| title_fullStr | Patient-Physician Relationship: In Defence of W. D. Ross’s Prima Facie Duties |
| title_full_unstemmed | Patient-Physician Relationship: In Defence of W. D. Ross’s Prima Facie Duties |
| title_short | Patient-Physician Relationship: In Defence of W. D. Ross’s Prima Facie Duties |
| title_sort | patient physician relationship in defence of w d ross s prima facie duties |
| topic | Prima facie duties, truth-telling, patient, physician, ideal utilitarianism, absolutism |
| url | https://bjbio.bioethics.org.bd/index.php/BJBio/article/view/48 |
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