Studio pilota sui problemi etici emergenti fra i medici di base in Italia
Published: April 30, 2013
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Authors
Professore Associato di Medicina legale, Direttore dell'Istituto di Filosofia dell'Agire
Scientifico e Tecnologico (FAST), Università "Campus Bio-Medico", Roma, Italy.
Segretario
Generale della Società Italiana di Medicina Generale, Italy.
Medico, Policlinico Universitario
"Campus Bio-Medico", Roma, .
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The general practitioner, by nature of his profession, is often faced with many different ethical and bioethical issues from those with which other physicians who work in healthcare facilities are faced with. These problems seem to involve the whole social and family structure and primary healthcare, concerning aspects that are sometimes disregarded and distant even from the learning goals of the Italian university system. The aim of this pilot study is to collect objective data enough to organize a specific training plan that links university to general practice medicine. A questionnaire was therefore developed and submitted in an anonymous form to the participants of the 32nd National Congress of the Italian Society of General Medicine, held in Florence in November of 2011. The analysis of the questionnaires has shown that the main ethical problems perceived among general practitioners are communicating bad news, family problems associated with addictions (alcohol, drugs, etc.) and professional relationships with colleagues. According to the data collected, the following matters are most important for the respondents: problems related to communication (which in literature represent about 5% of the priorities usually considered the bioethical debate - such as abortion, in vitro fertilization and euthanasia) and those arising from the difficulty in incidental problems which are not strictly healthcare related, such as family problems associated with addictions. Furthermore feeling the need to acquire tools and training in ethics is related to experiencing the uneasiness with this kind of problem, and the fact that this uneasiness does not change with the years spent working, suggests that it is constantly present in this professional category. However, as many as 27% of respondents affirm they have not encountered ethical issues during their career. Finally it was found that the preferred learning types (residential courses, CME and post graduate diplomas) are those that allow greater interpersonal or educational relationship with teachers (vertical relationship) and with colleagues (horizontal relationship). This trend suggests to put greater emphasis on relational training possibly by introducing specific courses to Psychology and Social Anthropology in frontal teaching.
How to Cite
Tambone, V., Piccinocchi, G., & Vitali, M. A. (2013). Studio pilota sui problemi etici emergenti fra i medici di base in Italia. Medicina E Morale, 62(2). https://doi.org/10.4081/mem.2013.101
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