Ethical issues in radiology: a philosophical perspective.

Full Abstract

Given that there is much disagreement as to what constitutes 'philosophy', even among philosophers, it is a challenge to provide a philosophical perspective. There are, however, at least two areas that most philosophers would regard as coming within the terrain of philosophical thinking: (1) the clarification of issues and (2) providing some sort of a foundation on which further thinking can take place. Thus, by way of contributing a philosophical perspective to the discussion, this paper will clarify some of the more fundamental issues regarding ethical debates in the hope of establishing some kind of theoretical foundation on which to base the discussion of the more specific issues and of widening the scope of the discussion.

Author information

Author/s: Sia, Santiago (S);

Affiliation: Faculty of Philosophy, Milltown Institute, Dublin 6, Ireland. ssia(-atsign-)milltown-institute.ie

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Radiation protection dosimetry (Radiat Prot Dosimetry), published in England. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2009-; vol 135 (issue 2) : pp 102-5

Dates: Created 2009/07/10; Completed 2009/11/16;

PMID: 19324932, status: MEDLINE (last retrieved date: 11/16/2009)

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