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Bioethics reformation style.

R Pentz
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The Hippocratic model is inadequate because it is too paternalistic, argues Rebecca D. Pentz in her response to Cameron. Instead, we would do well to think of the patient/doctor relationship in Reformation terms, using the pastor/congregation relationship as a model. Rejecting Hippocratic paternalism is not tantamount to an assertion of absolute autonomy; it entails patient responsibility, shared with the physician.

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BioethicsChristianityEthics, MedicalHippocratic OathHumansPaternalismPersonal AutonomyPhysician-Patient RelationsSecularismValue of LifeBioethics and Professional EthicsProfessional Patient RelationshipReligious ApproachCommentJournal Article

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R Pentz. 1994. Bioethics reformation style.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14628766/

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