Skip to main content

Ethics-1-800x460.png

Ethicists Regina Doherty, OT, OTD, and Ruth Purtilo, PT, PhD, FAPTA, assert that health care professions are moral communities because they are a subgroup of society with a "professional morality [that] embraces moral values, duty, and character traits that do not apply equally or at all to others in society (Doherty, 2016)." Similarly, ethicist Laura Lee "Dolly" Swisher, PT, PhD, FAPTA, points out that there are no easy answers for the "wicked" ethical problems facing our profession and joins Purtilo in advocating for our professional moral community to be proactive in partnering with society (Swisher, 2022).

Log in or create a free account to keep reading.


Join APTA to get unlimited access to content.


You Might Also Like...

Column

Student Focus: APTA Academy of Neurologic Physical Therapy

Feb 1, 2025

Grace Cioffi, PT, DPT, interviews Gillian McLean, PT, DPT, of APTA Academy of Neurologic Physical Therapy

Column

Defining Moment: From PT to Patient

Feb 1, 2025

How becoming the patient changed the clinical perspective of this clinician.

Feature

How to Implement New Technologies, Products, or Processes

Feb 1, 2025

Introducing new ways of doing things can be a little easier when you have a plan.