En förtjänt patient? Moraliska bedömningar i sjukvården

Summary, in English

Doctors are expected to serve the patient in an unbiased and medically accurate

manner. Yet, this does not prevent doctors and other medical staff from

having pronounced views on whether the patient deserves care. Based on

field notes from a cardiology clinic, this contradiction is discussed and analyzed.

In directing the spotlight on what circumstances are pointed out by the

staff when discussing patients, the analysis shows how patients are presented

as more or less deserving of care. Furthermore, it is argued that observational

studies of everyday situations should complement vignette studies. A situational

perspective shows that moral judgments are constructed in interaction with

others and that individual characteristics can not easily be linked with certain

types of judgments and decisions.

• Författare: Katarina Jacobsson
• Avdelning/ar: Socialhögskolan
• Publiceringsår: 2013
• Språk: Svenska
• Sidor: 179-188
• Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie: Socialmedicinsk tidskrift
• Volym: 90
• Issue: 1
• Fulltext: - 251 kB; Download statistics
• Dokumenttyp: Artikel i tidskrift
• Förlag: Stiftelsen Socialmedicinsk tidskrift
• Ämne: Social Work
• Nyckelord: moralisk; sjukvård; bedömning; patient; förtjäna; läkare; sjuksköterskor
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt: ISSN: 0037-833X