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Ontology of doctor and patient relationship and bioethics: from Aristotle’s teleology to Pellegrino’s philosophy of medicine: from Aristotle's teleology to Pellegrino's philosophy of medicine

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Title: Ontology of doctor and patient relationship and bioethics: from Aristotle’s teleology to Pellegrino’s philosophy of medicine: from Aristotle's teleology to Pellegrino's philosophy of medicine
Authors: Nuno Ribeiro Ferreira, Américo Pereira, Rui Nunes
Contributors: Veritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Source: Med Health Care Philos
Publisher Information: Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2024.
Publication Year: 2024
Subject Terms: 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Ontology, Philosophy of medicine, 06 humanities and the arts, Bioethics, Scientific Contribution, Doctor-patient relationship, 0603 philosophy, ethics and religion
Description: Some philosophical and metaethical theories have tried to provide a fundamental background for bioethics but miss the fundamental question about what medicine is, its nature and its end. We argue that the philosophy of medicine, through the development that Edmund Pellegrino and David Thomasma gave to this field of study, allied with Aristotle’s practical and teleological ethics, can provide an ontological background for bioethics beyond the tradition of principles and deontology, with particular emphasis on the uniqueness of the doctor-patient encounter. Some difficulties and criticisms of this ontological model are also examined.
Document Type: Article
Other literature type
File Description: application/pdf
Language: English
ISSN: 1572-8633
1386-7423
DOI: 10.1007/s11019-024-10239-2
Access URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39601903
https://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/47441
Rights: CC BY
Accession Number: edsair.doi.dedup.....d3417dbc3a937aa64aadea42f3131ff7
Database: OpenAIRE
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Abstract:Some philosophical and metaethical theories have tried to provide a fundamental background for bioethics but miss the fundamental question about what medicine is, its nature and its end. We argue that the philosophy of medicine, through the development that Edmund Pellegrino and David Thomasma gave to this field of study, allied with Aristotle’s practical and teleological ethics, can provide an ontological background for bioethics beyond the tradition of principles and deontology, with particular emphasis on the uniqueness of the doctor-patient encounter. Some difficulties and criticisms of this ontological model are also examined.
ISSN:15728633
13867423
DOI:10.1007/s11019-024-10239-2