| Institution: | 1.Faculty of Kinesiology and Health Studies,University of Regina,Regina,Canada;2.Faculty of Education,University of Regina,Regina,Canada;3.Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts,University of Regina,Regina,Canada;4.Qilu Hospital, Shandong University,Jinan,China;5.School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College,Dublin,Ireland;6.Department of Physical Education,Seoul National University Korea,Gwanak District,South Korea;7.Psychiatric Services and Research Foundation,Chennai,India;8.Department of Sociology,Meiji Gakuin University,Tokyo,Japan;9.Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine,Khon Kaen University,Khon Kaen,Thailand |
| Abstract: | Heidegger’s two modes of thinking, calculative and meditative, were used as the thematic basis for this qualitative study of physicians from seven countries (Canada, China, India, Ireland, Japan, Korea, & Thailand). Focus groups were conducted in each country with 69 physicians who cared for the elderly. Results suggest that physicians perceived ethical issues primarily through the lens of calculative thinking (76%) with emphasis on economic concerns. Meditative responses represented 24% of the statements and were mostly generated by Canadian physicians whose patients typically were not faced with economic barriers to treatment due to Canada’s universal health care system. |
