Wardrope, A. and Reuber, M. (2016) Response to Open Peer Commentaries on "Diagnosis By Television Documentary: Professional Responsibilities in Informal Encounters". American Journal of Bioethics, 16 (12). W12-W14. ISSN 1526-5161
Abstract
In presenting the situation of a health professional witnessing an instance of misdiagnosis and mistreatment in a television documentary, we hoped to stimulate discussion of the professional responsibilities of health workers in informal encounters in a rapidly changing environment comprising print, television, and more recently social media platforms. The commentaries on our article do not disappoint in this respect, providing insightful and sometimes challenging reactions to the position we outlined in response to our original case. In our reply here, we choose to focus on two themes running through all of the commentaries: (1) the distinction between axiological and deontic perspectives invoked by Salloch, and the open-endedness of the former that we see as crucial in addressing the constantly changing media landscape through which health workers may confront medical need; and (2) the role of institutional, structural, and social factors in constraining or enabling virtuous professional practice—suggesting perhaps a further need for health workers to take action directly against structural injustices that prevent them from fulfilling their professional responsibilities.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 Taylor & Francis. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in American Journal of Bioethics. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > The Medical School (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 06 Dec 2016 13:46 |
Last Modified: | 30 Nov 2017 01:38 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2016.1243276 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/15265161.2016.1243276 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:108966 |