Clinical pragmatism, ethics consultation, and the elderly patient. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • This article describes a process of moral problem solving for medicine termed clinical pragmatism. A structured and disciplined method of addressing ethical problems in medical practice that clinicians will find useful in their daily routines is provided. After outlining the method of clinical pragmatism, the authors illustrate its use in a case involving an older patient refusing medical treatment and conclude with comments on the importance of the process in ethics case consultation.

publication date

  • February 1, 2000

Research

keywords

  • Ethics Consultation
  • Ethics, Medical
  • Patient Advocacy
  • Philosophy, Medical
  • Physician-Patient Relations
  • Treatment Refusal

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0033973073

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/s0749-0690(05)70009-4

PubMed ID

  • 10723619

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 16

issue

  • 1