Different approach to medical decision-making in difficult circumstances
Kittay’s Ethics of Care
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21513864 |
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| Authors | Liam Butchart (0000-0002-2353-8976, Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care & Bioethics, Stony Brook University Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York, USA, corresponding author), Kristin Krumenacker (Stony Brook University Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York, USA), Aymen Baig (Stony Brook University Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York, USA) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 293-299 |
| Publication date | 2023-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Medical Ethics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0306-6800 • E-ISSN: 1473-4257 |
| Publisher | BMJ (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1136/medethics-2021-107521 |
| PMID | 34426518 |
| OpenAlex | W3195310752 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 16 |
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated advances in bioethical approaches to medical decision-making. This paper develops an alternative method for rationing care during periods of resource scarcity. Typical approaches to triaging rely on utilitarian calculations; however, this approach introduces a problematic antihumanist sentiment, inviting the proposition of alternative schemata. As such, we suggest a feminist approach to medical decision-making, founded in and expanding upon the framework of Eva Kittay’s Ethics of Care. We suggest that this new structure addresses the issue of medical decision-making during times of resource scarcity just as well as pure utilitarian approaches while better attending to their significant theoretical concerns, forming a coherent alternative to the current bioethical consensus
Bioethics · Economics · Engineering ethics · Epistemology · Ethical decision · Family medicine · Health care · Health care rationing · Management · Management science · Medical decision making · Medical ethics · Microeconomics · Political science · Proposition · Rationing · Resource allocation · Resource scarcity · Scarcity · Sociology · Computer Science · Engineering · Ethics in medical practice · Law · Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues · Medicine · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Torture, Ethics, and Law
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| Highly cited | No |
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