Imagination, literature, medical ethics and medical practice

Article Abstract:

An actively cultivated imagination is essential to medical practice because health care workers can provide better service if they can imagine themselves in the place of their patients. For those teaching medical ethics, there is also a need to stimulate, develop and nurture moral imagination. This can be done through exposure to the humanities, especially literature. There are a number of literary works that are relevant to medical practice, including the play 'King Lear,' Sylvia Plath's poem 'Three Women' and Vladimir Nabokov's novel 'Lolita.'

Methods, Medicine, Practice, Study and teaching, Literature, Medical practice, Medical education, Imagination, Humanities, Medicine and the humanities, Literature and medicine

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Eugenics, contraception, abortion and ethics

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Eugenics is the science of improving the genetics of a population as espoused by Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich. The principle of interfering with the reproductive process and the choices of couples has elicited widespread condemnation due to its unethical and morally objectionable implications. Even the use of contraception or, in extreme cases, abortion to prevent the birth of a child afflicted with a particular disorder is also considered eugenics as well as discrimination against unborn children.

Ethical aspects, Eugenics

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Commerce and medical ethics

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There are several issues of commerce in relation to medical ethics. One of these issues is the European Union policy which calls for donating blood for transfusion purposes rather than selling it. Another issue is the payment policy for sperm and egg donations. Corollary to this issue is whether the donors should be paid at all. Consumerism and health care in the UK is also another issue that focuses on the benefits of altruism and social solidarity.

Economic aspects, Medical care, Altruism, Altruism (Human behavior)

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