Seeking a voice: the inadequacy of the “four principles” and the need for care ethics in the provision of health care to vulnerable populations
Barns, Kenneth J.E., and Peachey, Louis (2024) Seeking a voice: the inadequacy of the “four principles” and the need for care ethics in the provision of health care to vulnerable populations. Medical Journal of Australia, 221 (1). pp. 25-28.
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Abstract
This article is a collaboration between a pair of experienced rural generalists: one a Girrimay and Djirribal man practising on Country in Far North Queensland (LP), the other a non-Indigenous man of Irish, German and English descent practising in rural southern Queensland who is also an early-career academic philosopher (KB). We reflected on our shared experience in an online medical forum where there was a heated debate in the lead-up to the Voice referendum, and ended up asking ourselves, “Why did the framework of the ‘four principles of medical ethics’ seem so inadequate for dealing with this ethical discussion? Where else might it be inadequate?” (Supporting Information). This article is our attempt to answer those questions.
| Item ID: | 87250 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 1326-5377 |
| Keywords: | Ethics, professional, Health policy, Indigenous health, Politics |
| Copyright Information: | © 2024 The Author(s). Medical Journal of Australia published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of AMPCo Pty Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Nov 2025 01:55 |
| FoR Codes: | 45 INDIGENOUS STUDIES > 4504 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing > 450499 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing not elsewhere classified @ 100% |
| SEO Codes: | 21 INDIGENOUS > 2103 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health > 210302 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health status and outcomes @ 100% |
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