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Papers by David J Doukas

Open journal of clinical & medical case reports, Apr 19, 2024

International Encyclopedia of Ethics, Jun 29, 2019

Primary Care, Sep 1, 1993

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Kluwer Academic Publishers eBooks, Aug 15, 2006

ABSTRACT The proposed Educational Code of Professionalism is to serve as a means to have the phys... more ABSTRACT The proposed Educational Code of Professionalism is to serve as a means to have the physician-in-training and his or her teacher profess what they strive to be: professionals. It also serves notice that society, physicians, patients, and accreditation bodies hold this commitment with grave seriousness. When all training programs concur that we must teach our students to become professionals, and put resources in place to make this happen, our students and residents can then not only profess their intentions, but also allow them to actualize these ideals in their clinical practice.

AMA journal of ethics, Jun 1, 2005

International Encyclopedia of Ethics, Feb 1, 2013

The Journal of Clinical Ethics

Pandemic can prompt a variety of human motives, ranging from a desire for security to altruism. I... more Pandemic can prompt a variety of human motives, ranging from a desire for security to altruism. In our current perilous times, some patients have voiced a desire to help others. Such action can result in self-peril, and, as a result, their motives may be questioned. One health system now has a pandemic-based advance directive that queries patients about their value preferences regarding care that is directed toward others. Some object to this action because it may evoke patients to altruism. We examine both remote and recent examples of altruism, in which coercion could have played a major role. We next consider concerns based on aspects of the process of "inquiry versus evocation," slippery-slope claims, and inherent manipulation, and conclude that patients should be allowed to be asked about their preferences and values regarding altruism.

Families, Systems, & Health

Southern Medical Journal, 2020

Journal of Medical Regulation, 2018

This article reports the consensus recommendations of a working group that was convened at the en... more This article reports the consensus recommendations of a working group that was convened at the end of a four-year research project funded by the National Institutes of Health that examined 280 cases of egregious ethical violations in medical practice. The group reviewed data from the parent project, as well as other research on sexual abuse of patients, criminal prescribing of controlled substances, and unnecessary invasive procedures that were prosecuted as fraud. The working group embraced the goals of making such violations significantly less frequent and, when they do occur, identifying them sooner and taking necessary steps to ensure they are not repeated. Following review of data and previously published recommendations, the working group developed 10 recommendations that provide a starting point to meet these goals. Recommendations address leadership, oversight, tracking, disciplinary actions, education of patients, partnerships with law enforcement, further research and rela...

Reichel's Care of the Elderly

Clinical Aspects of Aging

The Hastings Center Report, 2001

The New England Journal of Medicine, Feb 1, 1996

Background. There has been a continuing public debate about assisted suicide and the proper role,... more Background. There has been a continuing public debate about assisted suicide and the proper role, if any, of physicians in this practice. Legislative bans and various forms of legalization have been proposed. Methods. We mailed questionnaires to three stratified random samples of Michigan physicians in specialties likely to involve the care of terminally ill patients: 500 in the spring of 1994, 500 in the summer of 1994, and 600 in the spring of 1995. Similar questionnaires were mailed to stratified random samples of Michigan adults: 449 in the spring of 1994 and 899 in the summer of 1994. Several different questionnaire forms were used, all of which included questions about whether physician-assisted suicide should be banned in Michigan or legalized under certain conditions. Results. Usable questionnaires were returned by 1119 of 1518 physicians eligible for the study (74 percent), and 998 of 1307 eligible adults in the sample of the general public (76 percent). Asked to choose between legalization of physician-assisted suicide and an explicit ban, 56 percent of physicians and 66 percent of the public supported legalization, 37 percent of physicians and 26 percent of the public preferred a ban, and 8 percent of each group were uncertain. When the physicians were given a wider range of choices, 40 percent preferred legalization, 37 percent preferred "no law" (i.e., no government regulation), 17 percent favored prohibition, and 5 percent were uncertain. If physician-assisted suicide were legal, 35 percent of physicians said they might participate if requested-22 percent would participate in either assisted suicide or voluntary euthanasia, and 13 percent would participate only in assisted suicide. Support for physician-assisted suicide was lowest among the strongly religious. Conclusions. Most Michigan physicians prefer either the legalization of physician-assisted suicide or no law at all; fewer than one fifth prefer a complete ban on the practice. Given a choice between legalization and a ban, two thirds of the Michigan public prefer legalization and one quarter prefer a ban.

Family medicine, Oct 1, 2016