"Doctor Knows Best"

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 We often consider medical practitioners to be epistemic authorities: “Doctor knows best,” as the saying goes. The place of expert judgment in evidence-based medicine hierarchies, and crucial role patient preferences values decision-making, however, pose problems for making sense such authority. I argue that there is an account authority does justice complexities doctor–patient relationship, while maintaining hold epistemically privileged position. Such a view can better inform practice by clearly illuminating distinct roles patients doctors decision-making processes.

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Philosophy of medicine

سال: 2021

ISSN: ['2692-3963']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5195/philmed.2021.49