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Why Should Midwives Be Concerned With Ethics?

  • Is there such a thing as midwifery ethics? Yes, there is. As human beings (moral agents), midwives are to be ethical, moral, responsible persons and professionals. Midwives work in moral relationships with other persons. They serve by the moral standards of their profession as now embodied in written codes of ethics, a profession that is part of the larger health care profession. As part of the professional world, midwives participate in the general standard that to be professional is to be ethical and to be unethical is to be unprofessional. The professions, in turn, are part of what Erich Fromm calls >human ethics<. If midwives are to be ethical, we suggest they need to understand ethics and to reason morally. Better health care for all is the result.

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Author:Joyce E. Thompson, Henry O. Thompson
Parent Title (English):Midwifery Today and Childbirth Education, Vol. 40 (1996), pp. 36-40. [Online ISSN 1522-2888] [midwiferytoday.com/mt-magazine/issue-40]
Document Type:Articles
Language:English
Year of first Publication:1996
Release Date:2024/04/04
Format:to purchase via publisher
IdNo:Thompson_J_E_and_Thompson_H_O_1996
Writings about Erich Fromm (Secondary Literature):Articles / Artikel
Erich Fromm's Library and Erich Fromm Archive:Articles / Artikel
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