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Doctors, the State, and the Ethics of Political Medical Practice

Year: 2007

Type: article

Abstract: The social institutions of medicine and the state have a complex history of interaction in which doctors have been the originators of political ideals, goals, and social change but equally often have found themselves to be instruments of political authority.

Source: The AMA Journal of Ethic

DOI: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.12.msoc1-0712

Author: Dorothy Porter

Institution: University of California, San Francisco

Language: English

Topic: Ethics and bioethics in healthcare

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W195911900