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When Public Health Competes with Individual Needs
Author(s) -
Schmidt Terri A.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
academic emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.221
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1553-2712
pISSN - 1069-6563
DOI - 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1995.tb03202.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dilemma , face (sociological concept) , public health , health care , tuberculosis , public relations , ethical dilemma , nursing , law , epistemology , social science , pathology , sociology , philosophy , political science
A case of a homeless, alcoholic man with tuberculosis is presented. This case is used to illustrate the ethical dilemmas health care providers must face when the needs of society and the actions of the patient come into conflict. In addition to discussing historical cases of conflicts between individual rights and the needs of society, two models for solving the dilemma in the current case are considered.