Medical Ethics
Medical ethics is a normative discipline that establishes the moral principles, professional standards, and ethical obligations governing medical practice and the conduct of healthcare professionals in patient care.
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World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki
JAMA · 2013 · 29.4K citations
Andrew Wall · British Journal of Healthcare Management · 2000 · 5.9K citations
Health Professions, Health Policy, Health Services Administration +8
Principles of Biomedical Ethics.
Annals of Internal Medicine · 1984 · 4.6K citations
Public Health, Biomedical Sciences, Public Health Ethics +11
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Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
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Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, United States
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University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
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University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
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University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
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University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, United States
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University of Washington
Seattle, United States
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National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
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NEJM · 524 publications · 67K citations
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See also Medical Ethics | |
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Core Principles | Medical Ethics Autonomy Truthfulness Dignity In Care Environments |
Clinical Dilemmas | |
Professional Duties | Medical Ethics Consent Patient Confidentiality Fair Resource Allocation Reporting Misconduct Physician Continuing Medical Education |
Decision Frameworks | Virtue Ethics Deliberative Democracy Consequentialism Case-based Reasoning Deontological Ethics |
Regulatory Context | Hospital Ethics Committees Professional Self-regulation Legal Penalties Institutional Oversight Code Of Conduct |