O'Shea, Tom (2017) Civic Republican Medical Ethics. Journal of Medical Ethics, 43 (1). pp. 56-59. ISSN 0306-6800
Abstract
This article develops a civic republican approach to medical ethics. It outlines civic republican concerns about the domination that arises from subjection to an arbitrary power of interference, while suggesting republican remedies to such domination in healthcare. These include proposals for greater review, challenge, and pre-authorisation of medical power. It extends this analysis by providing a civic republican account of assistive arbitrary power, showing how it can create similar problems within both formal and informal relationships of care, and offering strategies for tackling it. Two important objections to civic republican medical ethics — that it overvalues independence and political participation in healthcare — are also considered and rebutted.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details |
Keywords: | Civic republicanism; medical ethics; domination; power. |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Politics (York) |
Depositing User: | Dr Tom O'Shea |
Date Deposited: | 15 Dec 2016 14:30 |
Last Modified: | 26 Mar 2018 03:05 |
Status: | Published online |
Publisher: | BMJ Publishing Group |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1136/medethics-2016-103697 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:104578 |