Vulnerability identified in clinical practice: a qualitative analysis

Sossauer, Laura; Schindler, Mélinee; Hurst, Samia

doi:10.1186/s12910-019-0416-4

Scientific article

English

Vulnerability identified in clinical practice: a qualitative analysis

ContributorsSossauer, Laura; Schindler, Mélinee

; Hurst, Samia

Published inBMC Medical Ethics, vol. 20, no. 1, 87

Publication date2019

Abstract

Although it is the moral duty of physicians to protect vulnerable patients, there are no data on how vulnerability is perceived in clinical practice. This study explores how physicians classify someone as "vulnerable".

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de santé et médecine communautaires / Institut Ethique Histoire Humanités
Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de réadaptation et gériatrie

Research groups

Ethique biomédicale (783)

Funding

Swiss National Science Foundation - 3200B0_107267

Citation (ISO format)

SOSSAUER, Laura, SCHINDLER, Mélinee, HURST, Samia. Vulnerability identified in clinical practice: a qualitative analysis. In: BMC Medical Ethics, 2019, vol. 20, n° 1, p. 87. doi: 10.1186/s12910-019-0416-4

Article (Published version)

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PID : unige:127373
DOI : 10.1186/s12910-019-0416-4
PMID : 31775728

Journal ISSN1472-6939

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Vulnerability identified in clinical practice: a qualitative analysis

Although it is the moral duty of physicians to protect vulnerable patients, there are no data on how vulnerability is perceived in clinical practice. This study explores how physicians classify someone as "vulnerable".

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