Abstract
This case concerns aspects of the treatment of a post-surgical patient in a major public hospital in New Zealand during the author's experiences as a fourth year medical student. This case is used to consider the interlinked ethical issues of sympathy, moral virtue, dignity and how the medical environment can realign these values.
MeSH terms
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Beneficence
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Colectomy
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Emergency Treatment
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Empathy*
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Ethics, Medical* / education
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Female
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Humans
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Internship and Residency / ethics*
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Moral Obligations*
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Narcotics / administration & dosage
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New Zealand
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Pain / drug therapy
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Pain / etiology
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Personhood*
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Physician-Patient Relations / ethics*
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Social Values
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Surgical Wound Infection
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Virtues
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Young Adult