Nathanael Pierce, BA
Presented on Wednesday, November 16, 2022 – 4:00 PM MST
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Oftentimes, the duty to “do no harm” is implicitly implied to assume another duty: a duty to promote health and well-being. But, what is “health” and what is “well-being”? Our answer has large implications on the goals in medicine. Further complicating is the fact that much patient-physician interaction is, for the patient, during a time of transformative experience — necessitating from healthcare providers a large degree of finesse for the everchanging patients’ preferences and self-identity. This talk aims to elucidate these problems surrounding the goals of healthcare and provide a platform for healthcare professionals to discover strategies for successful patient interaction.
Nathanael Pierce is a graduate student studying philosophy at Arizona State University, focusing on issues related to bioethics and social philosophy. He serves as board member to the Arizona Bioethics Network and an editorial assistant to the Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics.