Resumen

AFONSO PRESILLA, Évora Mercedes  y  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.

Palabras clave : Authoritarian conducts; bioethics; medical ethics.

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