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Letters |3 December 2002

Ethics and the Medical Record

Timothy J. Drehmer, MD; Mary White, PhD; Barbara L. Schuster, MD

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  • Wright State University School of Medicine; Dayton, OH 45435
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TO THE EDITOR:
We wholeheartedly support Dr. Tauber's concern for improving patient care and the physician–patient relationship [1]. However, we believe his proposal for a separate section in the medical record for ethical issues is problematic. Our chief objection is that virtually every aspect of clinical medicine is replete with ethical implications. Relegating selected ethical issues to a separate section in the medical record could easily encourage a minimalist view of ethics. Rather than trying to increase ethical sensitivity through requiring separate documentation, we believe this goal can be attained only by making systemic changes in medical education and...
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Drehmer TJ, White M, Schuster BL. Ethics and the Medical Record. Ann Intern Med. 2002;137:932–933. doi: https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-137-11-200212030-00018

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Published: Ann Intern Med. 2002;137(11):932-933.

DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-137-11-200212030-00018

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