@article{ref1,
title="The Doctor-Patient Relationship: Does Christianity Make a Difference?",
journal="Christian bioethics",
year="2021",
author="Delaney, J.J.",
volume="27",
number="1",
pages="1-13",
abstract="The nature of the doctor-patient relationship is central to the practice of medicine and thus to bioethics. The American Medical Association (in AMA principles of medical ethics, available at: https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/ethics/patient-physician-relationships, 2016) states, &quot;The practice of medicine, and its embodiment in the clinical encounter between a patient and a physician, is fundamentally a moral activity that arises from the imperative to care for patients and to alleviate suffering.&quot;In this issue of Christian Bioethics, leading scholars consider what relevance (if any) Christianity brings to the relationship between physician and patient: does Christianity make a difference? The contributors consider this question from several different perspectives: the proper model of medicine, the role that the Christian moral tradition can play in medicine in a secular pluralistic society, how a Christian understanding of virtue can inform practices such as perinatal hospice and physician-assisted suicide, and whether or not appeals to Christian values can (or should) ground a physician's right to conscientious objection. © 2021 The Author(s).<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1380-3603",
doi="10.1093/cb/cbaa018",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cb/cbaa018"
}