The Bridge Between Bioethics and Medical Practice

This book provides insights into dynamic and complex interrelationships between professionalism and medical practice. It does so by looking into the most relevant and recent theoretical and practical frameworks and by systematizing and integrating extensive and growing literature on medical professionalism. Through honest and prudent contributions from very diverse backgrounds and contexts, this book provides an understanding of medical professionalism derived from a broader historical and cultural context in order to contribute to everyday professional life and practice the very place of its existence. The book presents the conflicting and sometimes irreconcilable demands and challenges physicians face in everyday practice. A better understanding of these fundamental issues is the only way for medicine to maintain and preserve its unique morality, the same one that enabled its existence in the first place.

The book is relevant for everyone immersed and interested in the subject of medical professionalism as a resource, which may ease or guide them through the complexities of issues at hand. It will also contribute to the ongoing debate on medical professionalism, medical ethics, bioethics, and professionalism and ethics in general.

Systematizes, organizes and presents the notion of medical professionalism in a unique way Provides an up to date, evidence-based framework of professionalism and medical practice to be used Embraces notions of medical professionalism in various parts of the world

Auteur
Marko Curkovic, M.D., Ph.D. (Zagreb, 1986) is a post-doctoral fellow at the Department of Medical Ethics, School of Medicine of the University of Zagreb. Dr. Curkovic is also serving as a deputy director for health care quality at the University Psychiatric Hospital Vrapce in Zagreb, Croatia. As a consultant psychiatrist, dr. Curkovic is working at the Department of diagnostics and intensive care and the Department for first psychoses. He is also a founder and current director of the first telepsychiatric center in the Republic of Croatia. Dr. Curkovic obtained his medical degree (M.D.) from the School of Medicine, the University of Zagreb, in 2010, and his doctoral degree (Ph.D.) from the same institution in 2017. The title of his Ph.D. thesis is "Development of an instrument for assessing professional relationships among hospital physicians," and Ana Borovecki was his mentor. Dr. Curkovic is currently also serving as the president of the Section of young psychiatrists of the Croatian Psychiatric Association. He published more than 40 scientific papers, took part (as a lecturer, presenter, or organizer) in numerous domestic and international scientific and professional conferences and projects, and contributed to almost ten book chapters. Areas of special academic, scientific, and professional interest of dr. Curkovic are medical ethics, or more specifically professional medical ethics, ethics and methodology of biomedical research, and psychiatry ethics. Furthermore, dr. Curkovic is involved in researching the possibilities for applying new methods and modalities of treatment and recovery for persons with mental health disorders and, more generally, the organization of the health care systems. Dr. Curkovic is (happily) married to a colleague Danijela, and has four children (namely: Pavla, Petar, simun, and Toma).

Ana Borovecki, M.D., B.A. Ph.D., MPH (Zagreb, 1973) is an Associate professor at Andrija stampar, School of Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb. Prof. Borovecki holds an M.D. degree from the School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, and a bachelor's degree in philosophy and comparative literature from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb. In 2004, she received a European Master of Bioethics degree from the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. Her doctoral degree was obtained from Radboud University in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, in 2007. Prof. Borovecki is trained in clinical pharmacology and toxicology and has a Master in Public Health degree from School of Medicine, University of Zagreb. She is assistant to the director of Andrija stampar School of Public Health, School of Medicine, the University of Zagreb in charge of scientific cooperation and the chair of the Department of Social Medicine and Organization of Health Care. In addition, she is a member of the CEPAMET, Center for Palliative Medicine, Medical Ethics and Communication Skills of the School of Medicine, University of Zagreb. Prof. Borovecki is President-Elect and member of the Board of the European Society for the Philosophy of Medicine and Healthcare (ESPMH) and a corresponding member of the Pontifical Academy of Life (PAV). Areas of special academic, scientific, and professional interest of Prof. Borovecki are medical ethics, or more specifically clinical ethics and professional medical ethics, research ethics and ethics in science, and public health ethics. She is the editor, author, or co-author of several university textbooks, book chapters, books, and a significant number of scientific papers.

Contenu

Part 1: Defining Medical Professionalism.- Chapter 1. Professionalism and Medical Practice Introduction (Luis Vivanco).- Chapter 2. Medical Professionalism A Developmental View from the Trenches (Renzo Pegoraro).- Chapter 3. The Need for a Common Set of Competencies as Ingredients for Medical Professionalism, Paired with a Common Program of Assessment (Aaron R. Douglas).- Part 2: Medical Professionalism from Broader Perspectives.- Chapter 4. Medical Professionalism legal framework (Sunana Roksandi).- Chapter 5. Medical Professionalism Sociological Framework (Gordana Cerjan Letica).- Part 3: The Moral Foundations of Medical Professionalism.- Chapter 6. Medical Professionalism Philosophical Framework (Marko urkovi).- Chapter 7. Medical Professionalism from Virtue Ethics Perspective (Claudia Ruiz Sotomayor).- Part 4. Medical Professionalism Interpersonal Views and Considerations.- Chapter 8. Interpersonal or Relational Professionalism (Marko urkovi).- Chapter 9. The Physician Patient Relationship: a Philosophical Perspective on Medical Professionalism and Virtues (Roberto Dell'Oro).- Chapter 10. Physicians Towards Fellow Colleagues (Marko urkovi).- Chapter 11. Physicians Towards Other Healthcare Professionals (and Vice Versa) (Marko urkovi).- Chapter 12. Interdisciplinary Challenges to Interprofessional Practice (Jos V. M. Welie).- Part 5. Medical Professionalism Unique Challenges and Duties.- Chapter 13. The Impact of Uncertainties on Physicians' Health and Wellbeing (Marko urkovi).- Chapter 14. Physicians and Organization: For a Reflective Organizational Professionalism (Jean-Philippe Cobbaut).- Chapter 15. Victims or Actors? Can Professionalism Shape Physicians' Roles Inside the Health Care System? (Bernice Elger).- Chapter 16. What do Doctors and Society Owe Each Other? A Scanlonian Reflection on Medical Professionalism (Andrew Papanikitas).- Chapter 17. Physicians Towards Society (and Vice Versa) (Sabine Salloch).- Part 6: Medical Professionalism Across Contemporary and Cultural Landscapes.- Chapter 18. Professionalism and Medical Practice - Cultural Perspectives (Marko urkovi).- Chapter 19. Physicians as Citizens of the World (Henk ten Have).- Chapter 20. Physicians as Agents in Evolving Knowledge Landscapes (Sreko Gajovi).- Chapter 21. Afterthoughts: Towards a Realpolitik of Professionalism (Nathan Emmerich).

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