This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Gorovitz S, MacIntyre A. Towards a theory of medical fallibility. J Med Phil. 1976;1(1):51–71.
Dewey J, Logic: The Theory of Inquiry. New York, NY: Henry Holt & Co., 1938.
Dewey J. The quest for certainty. In: Boydston JA, ed. The Later Works of John Dewey, Vol4. Carbondale, Ill: Southern Illinois University Press, 1988.
Doherty DJ. Ethically permissible. Arch Intern Med. 1987;147(8):1381–1384.
Loewy EH. The uncertainty of certainty in clinical ethics. J Med Humanities Bioeth. 1987;8(1):26–33.
Loewy EH. Drunks, livers and values: should social value judgments enter into transplant decisions. J Clin Gastroenterol. 1987;9(4):436–441.
Churchill LR. Bioethical reductionism and our sense of the human. Man Med. 1980;5(4):229–247.
Pincoffs E. Quandary ethics, Mind. 1971;80:552–571.
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2002 Kluwer Academic Publishers
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
(2002). Fallibility and the Problem of Blameworthiness in Medicine. In: Textbook of Healthcare Ethics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-46801-8_3
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-46801-8_3
Publisher Name: Springer, Dordrecht
Print ISBN: 978-0-306-45240-6
Online ISBN: 978-0-306-46801-8
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive