Beneficence and Behavior Control: Ethical Dilemmas in Gastroenterology
Autori:
Gheorghe Gh. BALAN, Anca TRIFAN, Carmen SAVIN,
Adriana BALAN, Elena GOLOGAN
Cod: ISSN: 1583-3410 (print), ISSN: 1584-5397 (electronic)
Dimensiuni: pp. 244-259
How to cite this article:Balan, G.G., Trifan, A., Savin, C., Balan, A., Gologan, E. (2016). Beneficence and Behavior Control: Ethical Dilemmas in Gastroenterology. Revista de Cercetare si Interventie Sociala, 55, 244-259. |
Abstract:
The physician-patient relationship is obviously based on communication. Both
the physician and the patient permanently exchange messages verbally or nonverbally.
Our paper aims at emphasizing some ethical dilemmas in medicine
regarding the way in which communication betrays patterns of manipulation and
behavior control. A number of ethical dilemmas are presented and analyzed. They
are mainly derived from the gastroenterological and hepatological medical practice.
In this respect there is a constant necessity of maintaining equilibrium
between the patient’s constant beneficence and his or her autonomy. But the
therapeutic intervention also brings about changes in the patient’s behavior making
him or her more vulnerable to the physician’s decisions. Therefore, there is
a constant need for professional restraint in the medical decisions and interventional
processes, bearing always in mind that the modern patient needs to be
saved, not to be governed.
Keywords:
behavior control, persuasive communication, paternalism, personal autonomy, gastroenterology.
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