Ethical Decision Making by British General Practitioners
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-1989
Source
The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
Volume
39
Issue
328
First Page
448
Last Page
451
Abstract
General practitioners in England and Wales were sent a questionnaire asking how they would handle the ethical problems posed by six case vignettes and their reasons for their decisions. The ethical problems included: how much information to divulge to patients, how extensively a physician should become involved in the lifestyles of patients and how to deal with a possible family problem. The varying patterns of response to the six cases suggested that ethical issues are resolved in a case-by-case, not a theoretical, basis.
