Virtue ethics as a paradigm of the doctor-patient relationship in palliative care: reflections and considerations

Published: October 23, 2024
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Palliative care has been defined as a "Human Right" by the WHO. It is aimed at the care of patients suffering from chronic progressive pathologies in advanced stages and with a limited life expectancy - and their families - for whom quality of life becomes the main objective of a care path that involves the teamwork of various professionals. Palliative care operates in a healthcare context that is strongly characterized by a principialist bioethical vision, in a broader social context in which utilitarian bioethical theories prevail. Instead, the richness contained in the dimension of virtue ethics, as a paradigm of the care relationship, should instead be given more considerationin light of the particular relational context that is established between the care team and the family unit in the final phase of life.

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Beretta, M. (2024). Virtue ethics as a paradigm of the doctor-patient relationship in palliative care: reflections and considerations. Medicina E Morale, 73(3), 343–355. https://doi.org/10.4081/mem.2024.1596