Abstract

AFONSO PRESILLA, Évora Mercedes  and  NOBALBO AGUILERA, Yunexis Teresa. Authoritarian and power conducts in medical practice. Considerations. Rev Hum Med [online]. 2012, vol.12, n.2, pp. 252-261. ISSN 1727-8120.

The practice of  authoritarian and power conducts constitutes a threat and alert situation in  the relation doctor-patient. This situation occurs with certain frequency and it  reflects several ethical and bioethical dilemmas that call to an analysis and  discussion. As a way of raising awareness of such practices, the following  bibliographic revision is carried out, in favour of a respectful and humanized attention  to people and their dignity. Therefore, this work aims at evaluating some of  the consequences caused by authority and power on patients in medical practice.

Keywords : Authoritarian conducts; bioethics; medical ethics.

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