Using practical wisdom to facilitate ethical decision-making: a major empirical study of phronesis in the decision narratives of doctors

Using practical wisdom to facilitate ethical decision-making: a major empirical study of phronesis in the decision narratives of doctors

Abstract Background Medical ethics has recently seen a drive away from multiple prescriptive approaches, where physicians are inundated with guidelines and principles, towards alternative, less deontological perspectives. This represents a clear call for theory building that does not produce more gu...

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Main Authors: Mervyn Conroy, Aisha Y. Malik, Catherine Hale, Catherine Weir, Alan Brockie, Chris Turner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-02-01
Series:BMC Medical Ethics
Subjects:
Phronesis
Practical wisdom
Practice virtue ethics
Decision-making
Clinical leadership
Neo-Aristotelean
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-021-00581-y

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-021-00581-y

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