Balancing the Needs of Society and the Individual Patient.

IF 0.5 4区医学 Q3 LAW

Issues in Law & Medicine Pub Date : 2022-01-01

Marilyn Singleton

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Abstract

In line with the Oath of Hippocrates, the American Medical Association (AMA) code of ethics states that the duty to advocate for the patient is paramount. However, many instances in healthcare expose a discrepancy between the needs of society and the needs of individual patients. Given that society is merely a collection of individuals, one's personal physician is uniquely qualified to devise solutions that can resolve that conflict. This essay will discuss the potential overreach of public health interventions and solutions that ethically serve societal interests to help physicians maintain their duty to individual patients' health and confidentiality.

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平衡社会和个体患者的需求。

根据希波克拉底誓言，美国医学协会(AMA)的道德准则规定，为病人辩护的责任是至高无上的。然而，在医疗保健领域的许多实例暴露了社会需求与个体患者需求之间的差异。鉴于社会只是个体的集合体，个人的私人医生是唯一有资格设计解决冲突的方案的人。这篇文章将讨论潜在的公共卫生干预和解决方案，道德服务于社会利益，以帮助医生保持他们的责任，个别病人的健康和保密。

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Issues in Law & Medicine Medicine-Health Policy

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