Perspectives / Optique

Jury of my peers

Jeffrey Nisker, MD, FRCPC

Canadian Medical Association Journal 1996; 155: 796-797

Dr. Jeffrey Nisker chairs the Narrative Bioethics Project at the University of Western Ontario.

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In brief

An incident at a pay phone, where Dr. Jeffrey Nisker overhearda conversation between a man and his wife that pointed to spousal abuse, left him with several questions. Should he have acted, and said something to the man? If he had acted, would that have made things worse for the woman on the other end of the phone?

En bref

Un incident survenu à un téléphone payant, au cours duquel le Dr Jeffrey Nisker a entendu, entre un homme et son épouse, une conversation indicatrice de violence conjugale, l'a incité à se poser plusieurs questions. Aurait-il dû intervenir et dire quelque chose à l'homme? S'il était intervenu, aurait-il aggravé la situation pour la femme à l'autre bout du fil?

| CMAJ September 15, 1996 (vol 155, no 6) / JAMC le 15 septembre 1996 (vol 155, no 6) |