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Medical ethics is an applied branch of ethics which analyzes the practice of clinical medicine and related scientific research. [1] Medical ethics is based on a set of values that professionals can refer to in the case of any confusion or conflict. These values include the respect for autonomy, non-maleficence, beneficence, and justice. [2]
History. The CMA Code of Ethics was first published in 1868, and as recently as 2015 was considered by the CMA to be "arguably the most important document produced by the CMA. It has a long and distinguished history of providing ethical guidance to Canada's physicians. Focus areas include decision-making, consent, privacy, confidentiality ...
The Nuremberg Code ( German: Nürnberger Kodex) is a set of ethical research principles for human experimentation created by the court in U.S. v Brandt, one of the Subsequent Nuremberg trials that were held after the Second World War . Though it was articulated as part of the court's verdict in the trial, the Code would later become significant ...
The ethics of child and youth care practice are explored from both systemic and in-the-moment perspectives. The role of codes of ethics is explored as well as ethics in relation to self care and professional development, everyday preparation and practice and ethics in relation to team dynamics and functioning.
Moral agency is a person’s ability to make moral judgments based on some com-monly held notion of right and wrong, to do so on behalf of others, and to be held accountable for these actions (Angus, 2003). Moral agency requires that a leader’s ways and means be consistent with what is seen as ethical or virtuous living.
The Declaration of Geneva was adopted by the General Assembly of the World Medical Association at Geneva in 1948, amended in 1968, 1983, 1994, editorially revised in 2005 and 2006 and amended in 2017. It is a declaration of a physician 's dedication to the humanitarian goals of medicine, a declaration that was especially important in view of ...
Assistive technologies (AT) can provide significant assistance in accomplishing the tasks of daily living for persons who have disabilities. Five types of ethical principles underlie the distribution and use of AT: beneficence, nonmaleficence, justice, autonomy and fidelity. Beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice, most directly affect the ...
ERIC - ED435445 - America's Children: Health Insurance and Access to Care., 1998. Peer reviewed only Full text available on ERIC. Include Synonyms Include Dead terms. ERIC Number: ED435445. Record Type: Non-Journal. Publication Date: 1998. Pages: 217. Abstractor: N/A. ISBN: ISBN-0-309-06560-7.