• Medicine and law · Jun 2013

    Bioethics consultation: the Rashomon effect.

    • Miriam Piven Cotler.
    • The Bioethics Institute; Loyola Marymount University, 1 LMU Drive, Los Angeles, California 90045-8642, USA. mpcotler@verizon.net
    • Med Law. 2013 Jun 1; 32 (2): 205-12.

    AbstractMost clinical ethical dilemmas are resolved when the facts are clear, communicated to all involved, and the stakeholders agree on goals consistent with the patient's best interests and values. However, in some instances, participants continue to remember and observe the same situation differently, and resolution remains elusive. This article refers to the classic film, Rashomon, in which the truth remains different for four observers of the same scene. The discussion explores the phenomenon, provides some examples and recommendations for what remain very difficult ethical dilemmas.

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