| Title |
What Does ‘Respect’ Mean? Exploring the Moral Obligation of Health Professionals to Respect Patients
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of General Internal Medicine, January 2007
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| DOI | 10.1007/s11606-006-0054-7 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Mary Catherine Beach, Patrick S. Duggan, Christine K. Cassel, Gail Geller |
| Abstract |
Respect is frequently invoked as an integral aspect of ethics and professionalism in medicine, yet it is often unclear what respect means in this setting. While we recognize that there are many reasonable ways to think about and use the term 'respect', in this paper, we develop a conception of respect that imposes a distinct moral duty on physicians. We are concerned mainly with the idea of respect for persons, or more specifically, respect for patients as persons. We develop an account of respect as recognition of the unconditional value of patients as persons. Such respect involves respecting the autonomy of patients, but we challenge the idea that respect for autonomy is a complete or self-sufficient expression of respect for persons. Furthermore, we suggest that the type of respect that physicians owe to patients is independent of a patient's personal characteristics, and therefore, ought to be accorded equally to all. Finally, the respect that we promote has both a cognitive dimension (believing that patients have value) and a behavioral dimension (acting in accordance with this belief). |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 33% |
| Canada | 1 | 33% |
| United States | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 67% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 33% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1% |
| Colombia | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 168 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 73 | 42% |
| Student > Master | 17 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 5% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 4% |
| Researcher | 7 | 4% |
| Other | 29 | 17% |
| Unknown | 31 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 78 | 45% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 14 | 8% |
| Social Sciences | 11 | 6% |
| Psychology | 4 | 2% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 3 | 2% |
| Other | 23 | 13% |
| Unknown | 39 | 23% |
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