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Exploitation, Ethics and Law: Violating the Ethos of the Doctor-Patient Relationship

Exploitation, Ethics and Law: Violating the Ethos of the Doctor-Patient Relationship

Ost, Suzanne
Biggs, Hazel

Hardcover

Series: Biomedical Law and Ethics Library

PhilosophyMedical ReferenceGeneral Law

ISBN10: 1138238759
ISBN13: 9781138238756
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Aug 26 2021
Pages: 252
Weight: 1.20
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Focusing on a matter of continuing contemporary significance, this book is the first work to offer an in-depth exploration of exploitation in the doctor-patient relationship. It provides a theoretical analysis of the concept of exploitation, setting out exploitation's essential elements within the authors' account of wrongful exploitation. It then presents a contextual analysis of exploitation in the doctor-patient relationship, considering the dynamics of this fiduciary relationship, the significance of vulnerability, and the reasons why exploitation in this relationship is particularly wrongful. Two case studies - sexual exploitation and assisted dying - are employed to assess what the appropriate legal, ethical and regulatory responses to exploitation should be, to identify common themes regarding the doctor's behaviour (such as the use of undue influence as a conduit through which to take advantage of and misuse patients), and to illustrate the effects of exploitation on patients. A recurring question addressed is how exploitation in the doctor-patient relationship is and should be dealt with by ethics, regulators and the law, and whether exploitation in this relationship is a special case.

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