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Principalism at the bed-side

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Using an actual case, this paper examines a number of ways in which physicians deal with such a case and with the various “principles” and ethical theories to which they are apt to appeal. It goes on to suggest that using Dewey’s method of solving problems is most applicable at the bed-side.

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  1. University of California, Davis

    Erich H. Loewy (Endowed Alumni Association Chair of Bioethics, Co-President of the Hans Jonas Verein, Vienna) & Faith Fitzgerald

  2. Bioethics Program, University of California, Davis, PSSR-Buite 2400, 41 50 V Street, 95817, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.

    Erich H. Loewy (Endowed Alumni Association Chair of Bioethics, Co-President of the Hans Jonas Verein, Vienna)

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Loewy, E.H., Fitzgerald, F. Principalism at the bed-side. Wien Klin Wochenschr 115, 797–802 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03040506

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