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Journal of Medicine and the Person
Published in: Journal of Medicine and the Person 1/2013

01-04-2013 | Review

The case of Peggy Sue

Author: Lodovico Balducci

Published in: Journal of Medicine and the Person | Issue 1/2013

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Abstract

In a pluralistic society it is important that patients and health care operators be aware of each others’ beliefs and values. A value history allows the practitioners to identify the patients’ goals and desires and to provide a care congruent with these aims. In this respect the scope of a value history goes much beyond than its original intention to probe a practitioner’s standing on controversial issues such as abortion and euthanasia.. The case of Peggy Sue illustrates how the failure to take a value history may result in medically sound but humanly devastating medical treatment.
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Metadata
Title
The case of Peggy Sue
Author
Lodovico Balducci
Publication date
01-04-2013
Publisher
Springer Milan
Published in
Journal of Medicine and the Person / Issue 1/2013
Print ISSN: 2035-9411
Electronic ISSN: 2036-3877
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12682-013-0146-1

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