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<p>A. J. Cronin was a Scottish-born physician-turned-novelist whose professional experience undoubtedly left a mark on his literary works. The first half of the 20<sup>th</sup> century was a period of uncertainties in medical sciences, lack of standardised practice, the absence of guidelines for the treatment of various diseases, and, sometimes, scarcity of ethical guidelines in healthcare research or medical practice. A connoisseur of the British medical system, Cronin was able to identify its flaws and transpose them into his literary output. His novel The Citadel was screened a few months after the publication. This paper aims to identify and discuss some of the ethical problems that The Citadel motion picture of 1938 portrays.</p>
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A. J. Cronin was a Scottish-born physician-turned-novelist whose professional experience undoubtedly left a mark on his literary works. The first half of the 20th century was a period of uncertainties in medical sciences, lack of standardised practice, the absence of guidelines for the treatment of various diseases, and, sometimes, scarcity of ethical guidelines in healthcare research or medical practice. A connoisseur of the British medical system, Cronin was able to identify its flaws and transpose them into his literary output. His novel The Citadel was screened a few months after the publication. This paper aims to identify and discuss some of the ethical problems that The Citadel motion picture of 1938 portrays.

When Ethics Was of Little Concern to Medical Practice. (Re)Discovering Cronin

Lecturer, PhD, ‘G.E. Palade’ University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Târgu Mureș

Acta Marisiensis. Philologia

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A. J. Cronin was a Scottish-born physician-turned-novelist whose professional experience undoubtedly left a mark on his literary works. The first half of the...

When Ethics Was of Little Concern to Medical Practice. (Re)Discovering Cronin

Published Online: Feb 01, 2023

Page range: 1 - 6

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amph-2022-0070

Keywords
A. J. Cronin, The Citadel, medical practice, ethics

© 2022 Adrian Năznean, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

When Ethics Was of Little Concern to Medical Practice. (Re)Discovering Cronin

Published Online: Feb 01, 2023

Page range: 1 - 6

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amph-2022-0070

KeywordsA. J. Cronin, The Citadel, medical practice, ethics

© 2022 Adrian Năznean, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
A. J. Cronin, The Citadel, medical practice, ethics