Rehabilitation medicine, like all of medicine, is intensely judgmental, and clinical judgments
are inevitably value laden. One of the great contributions of the relatively youthful discipline …

This article introduces a two-year series on ethical issues in physical medicine and
rehabilitation. Beginning in 1993, articles will appear in each issue of the Journal. The series …

A two-year series about ethical issues in physical medicine and rehabilitation draws to a
conclusion with this article. Several features of rehabilitation medicine render it particularly …

As the number of patients with chronic illness or disability grows, rehabilitation professionals
will face increasingly difficult questions. Traditional concepts of medical ethics can help find …

Ethical Issues in Rehabilitation: Conceptualizing the Next G... : American Journal of Physical
Medicine & Rehabilitation Ethical Issues in Rehabilitation: Conceptualizing the Next …

D ue to the slow growth of rehabilitation medicine and the high-profile decisions
engendered by acute care medicine, ethical dilemmas in rehabilitation settings are only …

And now Alice (the rehabilitationist) found her-self in a dark forest with no idea where to go
to find the white rabbit. For our purpose the white rabbit will represent the answer to an …

With the support of a grant from the Mabel Pew Myrin Trust, The Hastings Center set out in
1985 to rectify that situation. Various friends and colleagues in rehabilitation medicine had …

Ethical decision-making is a critical component in the broad spectrum of rehabilitation and
health care professions today. Ethics in Rehabilitation: A Clinical Perspective, Second …

Within the past few decades, there has been a tremendous increase in the knowledge and
awareness of ethical issues and dilemmas within the medical profession. However, until …