Are physicians a “delinquent community”?: Issues in professional competence, conduct, and self-regulation

This paper examines the moral responsibilities of physicians, toward themselves and their colleagues, their students and patients, and society, in terms of the nature and exercise of professional self-regulation. Some of the author's “close encounters” with cases involving research misconduct,...

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Auteur principal: Swazey, Judith P. (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: 1991
Dans: Journal of business ethics
Année: 1991, Volume: 10, Numéro: 8, Pages: 581-590
Sujets non-standardisés:B Medical Practice
B Professional Competence
B Behavioral Impairment
B Moral Responsibility
B Economic Growth
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Résumé:This paper examines the moral responsibilities of physicians, toward themselves and their colleagues, their students and patients, and society, in terms of the nature and exercise of professional self-regulation. Some of the author's “close encounters” with cases involving research misconduct, behavioral impairment or deviance, and medical practice at “the moral margin,” are described to illustrate why, in Freidson's words, physicians are a “delinquent community” with respect to the ways they meet their responsibility to govern the competence and conduct of their members.
ISSN:1573-0697
Contient:Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/BF00382876