Why Clinical Ethicists Are Not Activists
Activism is rare among clinical ethicists because the position of ethics consultant is constructed in a way that makes activism very difficult. Clinical ethicists have little formal power and few job protections; they work in organizations in which dissent is discouraged if not punished; and as inst...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2021
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The Hastings Center report
Year: 2021, Volume: 51, Issue: 4, Pages: 36-37 |
| Further subjects: | B
Activism
B Whistleblowing B clinical ethics |
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| Summary: | Activism is rare among clinical ethicists because the position of ethics consultant is constructed in a way that makes activism very difficult. Clinical ethicists have little formal power and few job protections; they work in organizations in which dissent is discouraged if not punished; and as institutional insiders, they often become blind to the injustices that outsiders protest against. |
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| ISSN: | 1552-146X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Hastings Center, The Hastings Center report
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1002/hast.1272 |