Perceptions of the effectiveness of ethical guidelines: an international study of physicians [Book Review]

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy 12 (4):373-383 (2009)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

The intent of ethics is to establish a set of standards that will provide a framework to modify, regulate, and possibly enhance moral behaviour. Eleven focus groups were conducted with physicians from six culturally distinct countries to explore their perception of formalized, written ethical guidelines (i.e., codes of ethics, credos, value and mission statements) that attempt to direct their ethical practice. Six themes emerged from the data: lack of awareness, no impact, marginal impact, other codes or value statements supersede, personal codes or values dictate, and ethical guidelines are useful. Overall, codes were valued only when they were congruent with existing personal morality. The findings suggest the need to re-evaluate the purpose, content, and delivery of codes for them to improve their function in promoting ethical conduct

Other Versions

No versions found

Links

PhilArchive



    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 98,418

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

Similar books and articles

Taking the pulse: Ethics and the british cooperative bank. [REVIEW]Alan Kitson - 1996 - Journal of Business Ethics 15 (9):1021 - 1031.

Analytics

Added to PP
2013-12-01

Downloads
38 (#476,099)

6 months
4 (#1,168,247)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Author's Profile

Young Lee
Korea University