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Causal Pluralism in Medicine and its Implications for Clinical Practice
The existing philosophical views on what is the meaning of causality adequate to medicine are vastly divided. We approach this question and offer two...
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Transparency of clinical practice guideline funding: a cross-sectional analysis of the German AWMF registry
BackgroundWhile reporting of individual conflicts of interest is formalised, it is unclear to what extent the funding of clinical practice guidelines...
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Evaluating emotions in medical practice: a critical examination of ‘clinical detachment’ and emotional attunement in orthopaedic surgery
In this article I propose to reframe debates about ideals of emotion in medicine, abandoning the current binary setup of this debate as one between...
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Models of Medical Clinical Practice: A Comparative Discussion of Secular and Religious Bioethics
This chapter discusses models of clinical practice through a comparative discussion of secular and religious bioethics and the various ways in...
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Fragmented understanding: exploring the practice and meaning of informed consent in clinical trials in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
BackgroundThe informed consent process in clinical trials has been extensively studied to inform the development processes which protect research...
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Revisiting respect for persons: conceptual analysis and implications for clinical practice
In everyday conversations, professional codes, policy debates, and academic literature, the concept of respect is referred to frequently. Bioethical...
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Clinical ethical practice and associated factors in healthcare facilities in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
BackgroundClinical ethical practice (CEP) is required for healthcare workers (HCWs) to improve health-care delivery. However, there are gaps between...
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Clinical Diagnosis: Evidence, Ethics, and Justice
The process of clinical diagnosis is the cornerstone of modern medical practice. In this chapter, it will be shown that in order to facilitate...
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Discovering clinical phronesis
Phronesis is often described as a ‘practical wisdom’ adapted to the matters of everyday human life. Phronesis enables one to judge what is at stake...
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ACCORD guideline for reporting consensus-based methods in biomedical research and clinical practice: a study protocol
BackgroundStructured, systematic methods to formulate consensus recommendations, such as the Delphi process or nominal group technique, among others,...
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The Clinical Encounter
What I will be doing in this opening chapter must not be confused with an empirical or historical study of the clinical encounter. I will rather rely...
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Accountability as a virtue in medicine: from theory to practice
Accountability is a norm basic to several aspects of medical practice. We explore here the benefits of a more explicit focus on the virtue of...
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The art of equity: critical health humanities in practice
BackgroundThe American Association of Medical Colleges has called for incorporation of the health humanities into medical education, and many medical...
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Exploring health and disease concepts in healthcare practice: an empirical philosophy of medicine study
In line with recent proposals for experimental philosophy and philosophy of science in practice, we propose that the philosophy of medicine could...
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Intersectionality as a tool for clinical ethics consultation in mental healthcare
Bioethics increasingly recognizes the impact of discriminatory practices based on social categories such as race, gender, sexual orientation or...
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The Medical Clinic as an Experimental Practice
The author argues the following hypothesis: the medical clinic is an experimental practice, in the sense given to this term by Claude Bernard, and...
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Physician—Patient Relationship and the Challenges of Modern Practice
This chapter examines some of the major changes in contemporary medical practice. First, it provides a historical review of the relationship between...
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Practice of defensive medicine among surgeons in Ethiopia: cross-sectional study
BackgroundDefensive medicine is physicians’ deviation from standard medical care which is primarily intended either to reduce or avoid medico legal...
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‘Deep brain stimulation is no ON/OFF-switch’: an ethnography of clinical expertise in psychiatric practice
Despite technological innovations, clinical expertise remains the cornerstone of psychiatry. A clinical expert does not only have general textbook...
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Taking embodiment seriously in public policy and practice: adopting a procedural approach to health and welfare
It is a common refrain amongst phenomenologists, disability theorists, and feminist legal theorists that medical practice pays insufficient attention...