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Discourse on medicine: meditative and calculative approaches to ethics from an international perspective.
- Source :
- Philosophy, Ethics & Humanities in Medicine; 2014, Vol. 9 Issue 1, p1-12, 12p
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Heidegger's two modes of thinking, calculative and meditative, were used as the thematic basis for this qualitative study of physicians from seven countries (Canada, China, India, Ireland, Japan, Korea, & Thailand). Focus groups were conducted in each country with 69 physicians who cared for the elderly. Results suggest that physicians perceived ethical issues primarily through the lens of calculative thinking (76%) with emphasis on economic concerns. Meditative responses represented 24% of the statements and were mostly generated by Canadian physicians whose patients typically were not faced with economic barriers to treatment due to Canada's universal health care system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- PHYSICIANS' attitudes
THOUGHT & thinking
MEDICAL care
QUALITATIVE research
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17475341
- Volume :
- 9
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Philosophy, Ethics & Humanities in Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 99880078
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1747-5341-9-18