Compassion and the Hippocratic Oath

Li Way Lee

Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2008, vol. 37, issue 5, 1724-1728

Abstract: A physician faces a difficult decision when her terminally ill patient wants to die. Her compassion and the Hippocratic Oath pull her in different directions. A bargaining model offers an explanation of how she balances these emotions. The model has simple and powerful implications for the patient.

Keywords: Physician; compassion; The; Hippocratic; Oath; Negative; marginal; utility; End; of; life (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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