The Politics of Physicians' Responsibility in Epidemics
A Note on History
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20334644 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniel M Fox (State University of New York, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 5 |
| Publication date | 1988-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Hastings Center Report (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0093-0334 • E-ISSN: 1552-146X |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3562420 |
| PMID | 11650069 |
| OpenAlex | W2015462546 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
Fox examines the history of the behavior of the medical profession in\nEurope and the United States during epidemics of contagious diseases. Guilds,\nreligious orders, hospitals, and the state routinely had physicians under\ncontract. During epidemics, civic leaders and later governmental bodies used\neconomic and social incentives and disincentives to recruit additional\ndoctors. Plague outbreaks seem to have raised professional consciousness in\nthat ethical codes and treatises proliferated, but ethical concern was still\nless a motive than economic interest or fear of loss of status. Fox maintains\nthat despite changes over the centuries in medical practice and in the social\nposition of physicians, there has been continuity in how the profession\nresponds to the threat of contagion. He predicts that professional\naccommodation to civic obligation will continue, and that physicians who take\nthe lead in AIDS treatment will be rewarded with access to research funds and\nacademic status. (KIE abstract)
Business · Economics · Incentive · Moral obligation · Obligation · Plague (disease) · Political science · Politics · Position (finance) · Public relations · Social responsibility · State (computer science) · Health and Conflict Studies · Healthcare Systems and Reforms · Law · Medicine · Public Health Policies and Education
Duty to Treat versus Personal Safety
Duty to Treat or Right to Refuse
The Smallpox Vaccination of Health Care Workers
Debating a Duty to Treat
HIV/Aids as a Chronic Disease
The duty of care and the right to be cared for
Professional obligations and the demandingness of acting against one’s conscience
Doctors during the Covid-19 pandemic
A qualitative study of the duty to care in communicable disease outbreaks
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,26 |
| Citation span | 1991 - 2026 (36) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |