Iconoclastic ethics.

Open Access

1 December 1984

journal article
research article
Published by BMJ in Journal of Medical Ethics

Vol. 10 (4) , 179-182
https://doi.org/10.1136/jme.10.4.179

Abstract

Arguments are advanced, on a pragmatic basis, for preferring a 'situational' approach to medical ethical problems, rather than an approach based on any one of the dogmatic formulations on offer. The consequences of such a preference are exemplified in relation to confidentiality; and in relation to the ethical dilemmas which surround the beginning and the end of terrestrial human life.

Keywords

PROGRAM ACTIVITIES
PHILOSOPHICAL OVERVIEW
COMMUNICATION
FAMILY PLANNING
LEGAL--RELIGIOUS ASPECTS
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS
INDUCED
PROGRAMS
POSTCONCEPTION
IEC
SOCIAL SCIENCES
FERTILITY CONTROL
ABORTION
ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION
ETHICS

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BMJ, 1984
Cui bono?
BMJ, 1977