Stemming the Standard-of-Care Sprawl: Clinician Self-Interest and the Case of Electronic Fetal Monitoring

The “best interests of the patient” standard—a complex balance between the principles of beneficence and autonomy—is the driving force of ethical clinical care. Clinicians’ fear of litigation is a challenge to that ethical paradigm. But is it ever ethically appropriate for clinicians to undertake a...

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Authors: Spector-Bagdady, Kayte (Author) ; De Vries, Raymond (Author) ; Harris, Lisa Hope (Author) ; Low, Lisa Kane (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2017
In: The Hastings Center report
Year: 2017, Volume: 47, Issue: 6, Pages: 16-24
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