TRANSFORMATION OF VALUE PRIORITIES IN THE RUSSIAN MEDICAL ETHICS AND BIOETHICS
TRANSFORMATION OF VALUE PRIORITIES IN THE RUSSIAN MEDICAL ETHICS AND BIOETHICS

Summary/Abstract: The article reconstructs the history of the formation of the moral values of the Russian medical community, there are four stages of formation of value priorities in medical ethics in Russia: 1) since the beginning of the XIX century to October 1917; 2) from October 1917 to the mid-1940s; 3) since mid- 1940s until the end of the 1980s; 4) since the early 1990s until the present day. The authors identify the characteristics of each stage, considering the basic ideas that influenced the moral consciousness of Russian doctors. The article shows the dynamics of value priorities of doctors, special attention is given to the "Russian" tradition of medical ethics and bioethics. On the basis of our own results of a sociological survey of "experienced" and "beginners" doctors are showed modern moral problems of Russian medicine.

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