The Emotions in Bioethical Decision-making.
Year: 2022
Type: article
Abstract: for ethical decision-making, and one should evaluate each situation rationally in accord with accepted ethical principles, the appropriate role of the emotions in decision-making is gaining increased attention in part as a result of newer research in neuroethics. In end-of-life care there often exists a disconnect between the "rational" analysis by many philosophers and ethicists and the emotional reactions of many physicians and nurses with respect to the comparison between withholding and withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy. It is suggested that these attitudes of many health care workers should not be ignored because they represent a critical, almost universal, and laudable value of reluctance to take human life, a value so strongly ingrained in the ethos of the medical profession.
Source: PubMed
Author: Shimon M Glick
Institution: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4300689287