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Żołnierz Joanna, Sak Jarosław. The basics of Edmund D. Pellegrino’s medical ethics. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2018;8(9):903-910 eISNN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1418882 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/5974 https://pbn.nauka.gov.pl/sedno-webapp/works/877490 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part b item 1223 (26/01/2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eissn 2391-8306 7 © The Authors 2018; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 02.08.2018. Revised: 18.08.2018. Accepted: 14.09.2018. The basics of Edmund D. Pellegrino’s medical ethics Joanna Żołnierz, Jarosław Sak Department of Human Ethics and Philosophy, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland Corresponding address: zolnierz.joanna@gmail.com Abstract: Introduction: Edmund D. Pellegrino, one of the leading representatives of virtue ethics in medicine, after a deep analysis of different concepts of medical ethics and bioethics, with their weaknesses and limitations, proposes the return to Aristotelian teleology. In his numerous works devoted to the philosophy of medicine, he makes comprehensively developed and well-presented assumptions and postulates on ethics in medical practice. Strongly embedded in the concept of human nature, referring to the Hippocratic heritage, Thomism and Christian values, theory of ethics is an extremely interesting proposition and seems well suited to the challenges of modern medicine. Objective: The aim of the article is to present a general outline of philosophical assumptions underlying Edmund D. Pellegrino’s medical ethics concept. This outstanding philosopher of medicine, whose contribution to the development of this scientific field is impressive, focuses mainly on a detailed description and indication of sources of medicine and doctor’s moral duties. Conclusions: The work will briefly present fundamental issues for his concept of medical ethics: the nature of medicine and the nature of the doctor–patient relationship, as well as the concept of a good/virtuous? person. Additionally, factors shaping the relationship between a doctor and a sick person, such as the act of medicine, the act of profession and the fact of illness, will also be covered. These factors play a significant role in understanding the nature of the doctor–patient relationship and allow to accurately determine the telos of medicine. Key words: Ethical Theory; Ethics, Medical; Medicine/standards; Moral Obligations |
