"Doctor Knows Best"
We often consider medical practitioners to be epistemic authorities: “Doctor knows best,” as the saying goes. The place of expert judgment in evidence-based medicine hierarchies, and the crucial role of patient preferences and values in medical decision-making, however, pose problems for making sens...
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University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
2021-12-01
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| description | We often consider medical practitioners to be epistemic authorities: “Doctor knows best,” as the saying goes. The place of expert judgment in evidence-based medicine hierarchies, and the crucial role of patient preferences and values in medical decision-making, however, pose problems for making sense of such authority. I argue that there is an account of such medical epistemic authority that does justice to the complexities of the doctor–patient relationship, while maintaining that medical practitioners hold an epistemically privileged position. Such a view can better inform medical practice by clearly illuminating the distinct roles of patients and doctors in decision-making processes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ed6ea365ce4e4d6bbc4e203b43a981d12022-12-22T02:53:04ZengUniversity Library System, University of PittsburghPhilosophy of Medicine2692-39632021-12-012210.5195/pom.2021.4949"Doctor Knows Best"Dylan Mirek Popowicz0Department of Philosophy, California State University, Sacramento, CA, USAWe often consider medical practitioners to be epistemic authorities: “Doctor knows best,” as the saying goes. The place of expert judgment in evidence-based medicine hierarchies, and the crucial role of patient preferences and values in medical decision-making, however, pose problems for making sense of such authority. I argue that there is an account of such medical epistemic authority that does justice to the complexities of the doctor–patient relationship, while maintaining that medical practitioners hold an epistemically privileged position. Such a view can better inform medical practice by clearly illuminating the distinct roles of patients and doctors in decision-making processes.https://philmed.pitt.edu/philmed/article/view/49epistemic authoritymedical authorityexpertisedoctor-patient relationship |
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