Per una lettura antropologica dell'errore medico
Published: December 30, 2007
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Ricercatore confermato, Italy.
Dottore di ricerca in Bioetica, Istituto di Bioetica, Facoltà di
Medicina e Chirurgia "Agostino Gemelli", Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy.
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Considerations about the error, developed by the Authors, are organised through a comparison between truth and error in medicine, within the convergence between epistemology and science, gnoseology and praxis. The argument starts off the fundamental conviction that the idea of the human fallibility and that one of the error cannot be separated from that one of the truth, this last one has to be found in the consciousness to know that we don't know and, at the same time, in the certitude to be able to improve our knowledge. This paper exposes a re-reading of the contribution of eminent Italian physicians, as Augusto Murri and Enrico Poli, that paid great attention to the issue of the error, considering the error as a source of knowledge. It will be reported then a classification of medical error according to different point of view, comparing these data with some recent studies of the cognitive aspects to catch the goods that this kind of human experience may give. The analysis of the different ethical demands starts with the concept of diagnostic probability, these demands are set up having in mind that the distinction between truth and error is not simply a gnoseological assessment, but it implies an assessment of value too. The evaluation of medical error should be always carry out on the consciousness of the variety of meanings characterizing man, manifested in the medical act too. After this, the Authors will consider a pedagogic anthropology of the error, from the application of the potentiality showing the error, on the scientific standpoint, to the disclosing vigour facing human being. The proposal of reflection develops on the trail of the intuition of Augustine of Hippo, who considered his own human fallibility as a source of knowledge of the human being.
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