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medical ethics
éthique médicaleCategory label
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the identification, analysis, and resolution of moral problems that arise in the care of patients. (Bioethics Thesaurus)(from MeSH Ethics, clinical)identification, analyse et résolution des problèmes moraux qui se posent dans la prise en charge des patients. (Bioethics Thesaurus) (de MeSH 'Éthique clinique')Q-Code conceptual content
CODE OF MEDICAL ETHICS a set of moral principles and professional standards agreed upon by the medical profession and accepted by the society for this profession. The Hippocratic Oath is the first and most widely accepted CODE OF MEDICAL ETHICS. It binds the physician to 34 observe a specifc code of behaviour and practice set out by the Greek physician and medical teacher Hippocrates (460-370 BC). (Woncadic) PATIENT RIGHTS recognition that patients using health or medical services have needs met relating to information about medical practices and services, consent, confidentiality, dignity, and the right to quality medical and health services.(Woncadic)Bioethics A branch of applied ethics that studies the value implications of practices and developments in life sciences, medicine, and health care (MeSH)Ethical mindfulness; is a state of being that acknowledges everyday ethics and ethically important moments as significant in clinical care, with the aim of enabling ethical clinical practice.(Guillemin & Gillam 2015)ETHICS COMMITTEE . 1. A professional committee dealing with problems of physicians' conduct with patients. 2. A committee charged with ensuring the privacy, safety, and wellbeing of human subjects involved in research.(Woncadic)Ethics, Clinical ; The identification, analysis, and resolution of moral problems that arise in the care of patients. (Bioethics Thesaurus)(MeSH)Ethics, normative vs. descriptive: Normative ethics studies the standards of conduct and methods of reasoning that people ought to follow. Descriptive ethics studies the standards of conduct and reasoning processes that people in fact follow. Normative ethics seeks to prescribe and evaluate conduct, whereas descriptive ethics seeks to describe and explain conduct. Disciplines such as philosophy and religious studies take a normative approach to ethics, whereas sociology, anthropology, psychology, neuroscience, and evolutionary biology take a descriptive approach. (NIEHS gloss)Moral Status ; A philosophical description of intrinsic self-worth and dignity which bestows basic rights of life, liberty, and freedom from harm.(MeSH 2017)RESEARCH ETHICS . the process of ensuring that a research project is ethically sound, that it will not harm patients, that the patients know that they are partaking in a trial, and that the data produced result from accurate and flawless methods. (Woncadic)UMLS CUI
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