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<mark>Journal publication date</mark> | 30/11/2019 |
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<mark>Journal</mark> | Journal of Medical Ethics |
Issue number | 11 |
Volume | 45 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Pages (from-to) | 746-747 |
Publication Status | Published |
Early online date | 18/07/19 |
<mark>Original language</mark> | English |
In their paper 'Too much medicine: not enough trust?' Zoë Fritz and Richard Holton explore the connection between trust and overtreatment and overinvestigation. Whilst their paper is insightful, here I argue that much more could be made of a doctor's (mis)trust and how this exacerbates overtreatment and overinvestigation. By taking Fritz and Holton's view of trust as having 'our best interests at heart' as my starting point, I argue that doctor's do not always trust that patients or the system has their interests at heart and so use overtreatment and overinvestigation to protect themselves. I also point to the tensions created by a lack of trust on the doctor's part as a focal point for much needed sustained ethical analysis.