@article{ART001221852},
author={Myoung Sheen Kang},
title={Detached Concern and the Professional Ethics of Doctors},
journal={Korean Journal of Medical Ethics },
issn={2005-8284},
year={2007},
volume={10},
number={2},
pages={135-148},
doi={10.35301/ksme.2007.10.2.135}
TY - JOUR
AU - Myoung Sheen Kang
TI - Detached Concern and the Professional Ethics of Doctors
JO - Korean Journal of Medical Ethics
PY - 2007
VL - 10
IS - 2
PB - The Korean Society For Medical Ethics
SP - 135
EP - 148
SN - 2005-8284
AB - This article attempts to characterize the appropriate role of doctors in relation to their patients. A guiding question is “What is the relation between the doctor’s role and the doctor’s professional ethics? Several authors have described the possible conflicts between role morality and common morality and have stressed the importance of the former. This article defends the idea that the appropriate attitude of doctors toward their patients is detached concern, which combines detachment and compassionate care, and represents the impersonal and personal aspects of a doctor’s role. The question of whether detached concern could ever work as an ethical prescription is also explored. The answer provided is that detached concern should function, not as a direct ethical prescription, but as an overarching attitudinal norm for medical professionals.
KW - Professional role;Role morality;Common morality;Professional ethics;Detachment;Compassionate concern
DO - 10.35301/ksme.2007.10.2.135
ER -
Myoung Sheen Kang. (2007). Detached Concern and the Professional Ethics of Doctors. Korean Journal of Medical Ethics , 10(2), 135-148.
Myoung Sheen Kang. 2007, "Detached Concern and the Professional Ethics of Doctors", Korean Journal of Medical Ethics , vol.10, no.2 pp.135-148. Available from: doi:10.35301/ksme.2007.10.2.135
Myoung Sheen Kang "Detached Concern and the Professional Ethics of Doctors" Korean Journal of Medical Ethics 10.2 pp.135-148 (2007) : 135.
Myoung Sheen Kang. Detached Concern and the Professional Ethics of Doctors. 2007; 10(2), 135-148. Available from: doi:10.35301/ksme.2007.10.2.135
Myoung Sheen Kang. "Detached Concern and the Professional Ethics of Doctors" Korean Journal of Medical Ethics 10, no.2 (2007) : 135-148.doi: 10.35301/ksme.2007.10.2.135
Myoung Sheen Kang. Detached Concern and the Professional Ethics of Doctors. Korean Journal of Medical Ethics , 10(2), 135-148. doi: 10.35301/ksme.2007.10.2.135
Myoung Sheen Kang. Detached Concern and the Professional Ethics of Doctors. Korean Journal of Medical Ethics . 2007; 10(2) 135-148. doi: 10.35301/ksme.2007.10.2.135
Myoung Sheen Kang. Detached Concern and the Professional Ethics of Doctors. 2007; 10(2), 135-148. Available from: doi:10.35301/ksme.2007.10.2.135
Myoung Sheen Kang. "Detached Concern and the Professional Ethics of Doctors" Korean Journal of Medical Ethics 10, no.2 (2007) : 135-148.doi: 10.35301/ksme.2007.10.2.135
