Would Conceptualizing Past, Current, and Future Generations as Constituting a "League of Patients" Be Useful for Humanity?

Q2 Social Sciences

AMA journal of ethics Pub Date : 2025-08-01 DOI:10.1001/amajethics.2025.607

Elizabeth Finneron-Burns, Susan McNair

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Abstract

Since health is a crucial, if not the most important, feature of persons' well-being, we have good reasons to consider all present and future persons as members of a "league of patients." This article explores what this concept might mean, proposes how it could be applied in the emerging field of existential health care ethics, and draws upon it to better conceive of how to meet the health needs of current and future patients.

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将过去、现在和未来世代概念化为“患者联盟”对人类有用吗？

既然健康是人的幸福的一个至关重要的特征，如果不是最重要的，我们有充分的理由把所有现在和未来的人都看作是“病人联盟”的成员。本文探讨了这一概念的含义，提出了如何将其应用于存在性医疗伦理这一新兴领域，并利用它来更好地构思如何满足当前和未来患者的健康需求。

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AMA journal of ethics Social Sciences-Health (social science)

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1.90

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发文量

146

期刊介绍： The AMA Journal of Ethics exists to help medical students, physicians and all health care professionals navigate ethical decisions in service to patients and society. The journal publishes cases and expert commentary, medical education articles, policy discussions, peer-reviewed articles for journal-based and audio CME, visuals, and more. Since its inception as an editorially-independent journal, we promote ethics inquiry as a public good.