Ethical Aspects of Talking to a Patient

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Author(s): Roman Ossowski (Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland & Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Poland)and Paweł Izdebski (Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland)
Copyright: 2016
Pages: 33
Source title: Organizational Culture and Ethics in Modern Medicine
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Anna Rosiek (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Poland)and Krzysztof Leksowski (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Poland)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9658-7.ch009

Keywords: Ethics & Law / Medical Ethics / Medical Information Science Reference / Security & Forensics

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A very important role in the diagnosing process is played by the conversation with a patient, which should always have a diagnostic-therapeutic character. The subject of interest of this paper are the relations between medical personnel and patients. The chapter aimed to explain the application of main ethical theories in conversation with patients as a diagnostic-therapeutic instrument. As an example, a case study illustrates basic ethical principles of such a conversation. It as an instrument of diagnosis and therapy retained its value despite introducing numerous methods of diagnosis based on the findings of modern physics or electronics. In our view, the conversation should always aim at the benefit of the patient and the results of treatment as well as sustaining patient's subjectivity and hope for achieving a higher quality of life.

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