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ToolsHardman, D., 2023. Pretending to care. Journal of Medical Ethics, 49 (7), 506-509.
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Abstract
On one hand, it is commonly accepted that clinicians should not deceive their patients, yet on the other there are many instances in which deception could be in a patient’s best interest. In this paper, I propose that this conflict is in part driven by a narrow conception of deception as contingent on belief. I argue that we cannot equate non-deceptive care solely with introducing or sustaining a patient’s true belief about their condition or treatment, because there are many instances of clinical care which are non-doxastic and non-deceptive. Inasmuch as this is true, better understanding of non-doxastic attitudes, such as hope and pretence, could improve our understanding of deception in clinical practice.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSN: | 0306-6800 |
| Group: | Faculty of Science & Technology |
| ID Code: | 37744 |
| Deposited By: | Symplectic RT2 |
| Deposited On: | 03 Nov 2022 16:12 |
| Last Modified: | 21 May 2024 06:48 |
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