Volume 24, Number 2, Summer 2013

 

A Response to Dubler’s Commentary on “Surmounting Elusive Barriers: The Case for Bioethics Mediation”

Edward J. Bergman

 

ABSTRACT:

Dubler’s commentary focuses on knowledge of clinical medicine and “institutional savvy” as pieces of the skill set required of bioethics mediators. Here, I describe why, as a practical matter, such requirements are unlikely to be achieved by a meaningful number of aspirants. Simultaneously, I examine the reasons why Dubler’s criteria are inherently risk-laden and would be better addressed as a dialogue among experienced practitioners regarding the merits of alternative stylistic approaches, rather than as universal threshold criteria for the practice of bioethics mediation.

 

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