Fidelity to Patients and Resource Constraints

摘要: Sustaining humane relationships between physicians and patients poses specific problems under conditions of economic or resource scarcity. On the one hand, by accepting particular their care, incur fiduciary responsibilities to individuals. At same time, bear wider society must consider potential impact decisions on public welfare. These dual give rise various ethical questions concerning how best balance competing obligations. One question is much good when caring for patients. For example, a physician refrain from recommending expensive medical tests that hold out hope benefitting patient? Should abide institutional policies pertaining discharging hospital even doing so places at jeopardy? A further concern extent which themselves take into account effects treatment preferences others, such as family, community government. instance, are ethically entitled expect do “everything possible” behalf? Do have responsibility be aware costs treatment?