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Doctor in the Family: Stories and Dilemmas Surrounding Illness in Relatives
- Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 8, Number 1, Spring 2018
- pp. 1-3
- 10.1353/nib.2018.0001
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Abstract:
This symposium includes twelve personal narratives from physicians with family members or close personal friends with medical illnesses. This issue also includes three commentaries on these narratives by scholars in the fields of bioethics, sociology, and law. The aim of this issue is to explore the benefits and potential harms that may arise when physicians are involved in the care of relatives, a role often fraught with conflicting moral obligations.