Bioética de la anorexia nerviosa ¿autonomía, beneficencia o responsabilidad?

In patients with anorexia nervosa, ethical dilemmas will appear in case of difficult and serious medical situations. Although the principle of beneficence could be used to argue for the use of coercive medical therapies, the respect for autonomy must take precedence. The latter is a central principl...

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Autor principal: Figueroa,Gustavo
Lenguaje:Spanish / Castilian
Publicado: Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2008
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spelling oai:scielo:S0034-988720080005000172008-07-30Bioética de la anorexia nerviosa ¿autonomía, beneficencia o responsabilidad?Figueroa,Gustavo Anorexia nervosa Health care ethics Social responsibility In patients with anorexia nervosa, ethical dilemmas will appear in case of difficult and serious medical situations. Although the principle of beneficence could be used to argue for the use of coercive medical therapies, the respect for autonomy must take precedence. The latter is a central principle of bioethics. However, the interactions between autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, and justice become quite complex when these patients need to be treated. Difficulties must be overcome and a balance between these considerations must be reached. This paper gives an account of ethical values relevant to moral assessment in anorexia nervosa: conviction, responsibility and careinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.136 n.5 20082008-05-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872008000500017es10.4067/S0034-98872008000500017
institution Scielo Chile
collection Scielo Chile
language Spanish / Castilian
topic Anorexia nervosa
Health care ethics
Social responsibility
spellingShingle Anorexia nervosa
Health care ethics
Social responsibility
Figueroa,Gustavo
Bioética de la anorexia nerviosa ¿autonomía, beneficencia o responsabilidad?
description In patients with anorexia nervosa, ethical dilemmas will appear in case of difficult and serious medical situations. Although the principle of beneficence could be used to argue for the use of coercive medical therapies, the respect for autonomy must take precedence. The latter is a central principle of bioethics. However, the interactions between autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, and justice become quite complex when these patients need to be treated. Difficulties must be overcome and a balance between these considerations must be reached. This paper gives an account of ethical values relevant to moral assessment in anorexia nervosa: conviction, responsibility and care
author Figueroa,Gustavo
author_facet Figueroa,Gustavo
author_sort Figueroa,Gustavo
title Bioética de la anorexia nerviosa ¿autonomía, beneficencia o responsabilidad?
title_short Bioética de la anorexia nerviosa ¿autonomía, beneficencia o responsabilidad?
title_full Bioética de la anorexia nerviosa ¿autonomía, beneficencia o responsabilidad?
title_fullStr Bioética de la anorexia nerviosa ¿autonomía, beneficencia o responsabilidad?
title_full_unstemmed Bioética de la anorexia nerviosa ¿autonomía, beneficencia o responsabilidad?
title_sort bioética de la anorexia nerviosa ¿autonomía, beneficencia o responsabilidad?
publisher Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate 2008
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