Do doctors have a moral duty to work in the public health sector? Ethical considerations regarding the social obligations of medicine

dc.contributor.authorAguilera, Bernardo
dc.contributor.authorLópez, Gonzalo
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-18T22:07:56Z
dc.date.available2022-01-18T22:07:56Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractThis article discusses whether physicians have social obligations and whether these obligations imply a moral duty to work in the public sector. The article focuses on the context of the Chilean health system, which has an unequal distribution of physicians to the detriment of the public sector, thus making the issue a particularly pressing one. After addressing arguments from different ethical theories and some empirical evidence, the article concludes that the physician has some social obligations in relation to a fair distribution of health resources, and that professional excellence should incorporate cultivating virtues related to social justice. In addition, it is argued that the moral duty to work in the public sector can be placed in the context of prima facie obligations which admit exceptions and allow the possibility of conflict with other professional obligations.es
dc.identifier.citationAguilera B, López G. Do doctors have a moral duty to work in the public health sector? Ethical considerations regarding the social obligations of medicine. Medwave 2017 Nov-Dic;17(9):7105es
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.5867/medwave.2017.09.7105es
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11447/5484
dc.language.isoen_USes
dc.subjectSocial obligationses
dc.subjectMedical virtueses
dc.subjectPublic sectores
dc.subjectHealth resourceses
dc.subjectProfessional ethicses
dc.titleDo doctors have a moral duty to work in the public health sector? Ethical considerations regarding the social obligations of medicinees
dc.typeArticlees

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