Chapter 12 Taking drugs to help others
Some risky medical treatments confer no benefit on the patient who undergoes the intervention though they do benefit third parties. It is commonly thought to be unethical for doctors to provide such treatments even if the patient agrees to undergo them; doing so violates the requirement that medical...
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| description | Some risky medical treatments confer no benefit on the patient who undergoes the intervention though they do benefit third parties. It is commonly thought to be unethical for doctors to provide such treatments even if the patient agrees to undergo them; doing so violates the requirement that medical professionals provide only treatments that are in the best interests of the patient. I present a case for revising this requirement so as to allow individuals to undergo risky medical treatments for the benefit of others. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-708652025-08-13T14:12:12Z Chapter 12 Taking drugs to help others Douglas, Tom medical ethics; drugs thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBD Medical profession::MBDC Medical ethics and professional conduct thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBD Medical profession::MBDC Medical ethics and professional conduct Some risky medical treatments confer no benefit on the patient who undergoes the intervention though they do benefit third parties. It is commonly thought to be unethical for doctors to provide such treatments even if the patient agrees to undergo them; doing so violates the requirement that medical professionals provide only treatments that are in the best interests of the patient. I present a case for revising this requirement so as to allow individuals to undergo risky medical treatments for the benefit of others. 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2021-06-17T10:08:18Z 2016 chapter https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/49609 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/70865 eng open access image/png image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/49609/1/Bookshelf_NBK425361.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/49609/1/Bookshelf_NBK425361.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/49609/1/Bookshelf_NBK425361.pdf Oxford University Press db4e319f-ca9f-449a-bcf2-37d7c6f885b1 Philosophers Take On the World Wellcome Trust d859fbd3-d884-4090-a0ec-baf821c9abfd Wellcome 2 Oxford open access |
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