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Title: Rationality and Group Decision-Making in Practical Healthcare
Authors: Heffernan, Courtney
Keywords: Philosophy
Decision-Making
Non-Compliance
Rationality
Emotional Consensus
Approved Date: 2006
Date Submitted: 2006
Abstract: In this paper, a view of non-compliance in practical healthcare is provided that identifies certain non-compliant behaviours as rational. This view of rational non-compliance is used to update a current form of doctor patient relationships with the aim of reducing non-compliance. In addition to reforming one standard doctor patient relationship model, the normative implications of understanding non-compliance as a rational form of human behaviour are described.
Department: Philosophy
Degree: Master of Arts
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/2811
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