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Vol. 61 No. 3 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.4081/mem.2012.134
Il "Giano bifronte" della responsabilità
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In this study, the Author examines the issue of the physician's professional responsibility. The different meanings of this concept are analyzed, thinking over the philosophical parable of it. By this the author reflects on the true meaning of responsibility, highlighting the non-symmetry with the legal guilt; he points on this regard that confusing responsibility with guilt is a source of professional behavior not always consistent with the ethical values on which the care relationship is grounded. Then, the author examines the meaning given to the word responsibility from the Italian Code of Medical Ethics highlighting the many hits, that are unfortunately useless to connote it within its true meaning; therefore, he hopes that the new version of the deontological code will be able to provide the pedagogical dimension that is proper.
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Il "Giano bifronte" della responsabilità. (2012). Medicina E Morale, 61(3). https://doi.org/10.4081/mem.2012.134
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