title: Why the Kantian ideal survives medical learning curves, and why it matters.
abstract: The "Kantian ideal" is often misunderstood as invoking individual autonomy rather than rational self legislation. Le Morvan and Stock's otherwise insightful discussion of "Medical learning curves and the Kantian ideal"--for example--draws the mistaken inference that that ideal is inconsistent with the realities of medical practice. But it is not. Rationally to be a patient entails accepting its necessary conditions.
authors.affiliation: School of Historical & Critical Studies, University of Brighton, 10-11 Pavilion parade, Brighton BN2 1RA, UK. r.brecher@bton.ac.uk
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authors.lastname: Brecher
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000941:ethics*; D028663:Ethical Theory; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012306:Risk