title: [A country doctor: a proposal of an ethical approach in the 125th anniversary of Frank Kafka's birth].
abstract: Within the framework of the 125 anniversary of the birth of Franz Kafka we discuss his work as a patient affected by tuberculosis. This essay outlines a review of Kafka as a writer and explains the meaning of the term "Kafkaesque". We put forward a commentary on the ethics expressed in a short story entitled A country doctor. An interpretation of Kafka must involve the notion of responsibility, a theological concept that is then followed by the legal context. Finally, Kafka embraces an ethical approach expressed in his work.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Ciencias Sociosanitarias y Humanidades Médicas, Faculdad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, España. bioetica_reproductiva@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Jorge Alberto
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Alvarez-Díaz
mesh_terms: D018153:Czech Republic; D004989:Ethics; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D008091:Literature / Q000266:history*; D008513:Medicine in Literature