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Voices from the Silent World of Doctor and Patient

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 1999

JOANN STARR  and
BRUCE E. ZAWACKI
JOANN STARR
Affiliation:
Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California
BRUCE E. ZAWACKI
Affiliation:
Pacific Center for Health Policy and Ethics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
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Abstract

Joann Starr, a Roman Catholic nun, and Bruce Zawacki, a burn surgeon, met 22 years ago in the Los Angeles County, University of Southern California Burn Center in the roles of a patient and her physician struggling over issues of autonomy and informed consent. After recovery, she remained a nun and has become a patient advocate and doctoral candidate in bioethics. He remained a burn surgeon and has become a bioethics teacher and author. Although they live in distant locations, they maintain their friendship and frequently discuss their shared experience. Recently they met to reflect on the events, lessons, and meanings of their original encounter.

Type
SPECIAL SECTION: WHEN OTHERS DECIDE
Information
Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics , Volume 8 , Issue 2 , April 1999 , pp. 129 - 138
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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