The Ethics of Place: Differences in Ethical Perspectives Among Urban, Suburban, and Rural Physicians in Georgia

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A discussion of the impact of geographic location (urban, suburban, rural) on the ethical decision making process of physicians in Georgia. Organized into eight areas of comparison including payment and conflict of interest; access to care; boundary and dual role issues; patient autonomy issues; sociological and cultural differences; truth-telling and professionalism; stress and burnout; and ethics training/leadership. Includes rural-urban difference statistics for each area.

Mary Eleanor E. Wickersham, Jean Rawlings Sumner

Online Journal of Health Ethics, 11(2)

2015

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Ethics · Physicians · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Georgia