A Typology of Ethical Issues to Better Support the Development of Ethical Sensitivity Among Healthcare Professionals

For many healthcare professionals, identifying the ethical issues arising from their professional practice can be a challenge, for a variety of reasons. This paper presents a typology of six different types of ethical issues that can support the development of healthcare professionals’ ethical sens...

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Main Author: Marie-Josée Drolet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Programmes de bioéthique, École de santé publique de l'Université de Montréal 2024-12-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Bioethics
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Online Access:https://cjb-rcb.ca/index.php/cjb-rcb/article/view/743
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description For many healthcare professionals, identifying the ethical issues arising from their professional practice can be a challenge, for a variety of reasons. This paper presents a typology of six different types of ethical issues that can support the development of healthcare professionals’ ethical sensitivity, i.e., their ability to identify ethical issues encountered in their day-to-day practice. In addition to defining each of these issues, i.e., ethical blindness, myopia, dilemma, temptation, silence, and distress, examples are given and possible solutions proposed.
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spelling doaj-art-cfe6a3a6cb65447cb511aa2184970a0b2025-08-20T02:50:41ZengProgrammes de bioéthique, École de santé publique de l'Université de MontréalCanadian Journal of Bioethics2561-46652024-12-017410.7202/1114963arA Typology of Ethical Issues to Better Support the Development of Ethical Sensitivity Among Healthcare ProfessionalsMarie-Josée Drolet0Département d’ergothérapie, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada For many healthcare professionals, identifying the ethical issues arising from their professional practice can be a challenge, for a variety of reasons. This paper presents a typology of six different types of ethical issues that can support the development of healthcare professionals’ ethical sensitivity, i.e., their ability to identify ethical issues encountered in their day-to-day practice. In addition to defining each of these issues, i.e., ethical blindness, myopia, dilemma, temptation, silence, and distress, examples are given and possible solutions proposed. https://cjb-rcb.ca/index.php/cjb-rcb/article/view/743typologyethicalmoralissuetensionchallenge
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