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'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is an applied branch of ethics which analyzes the practice of clinical medicine and related scientific research. 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.<ref>{{REFjournal | '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is an applied branch of ethics which analyzes the practice of clinical medicine and related scientific research. 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.<ref>{{REFjournal | ||
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|issn=2325-9205 | |issn=2325-9205 | ||
|DOI=10.12746/swrccc.v3i9.185 | |DOI=10.12746/swrccc.v3i9.185 | ||
}}</ref> Medical ethics is particularly relevant in decisions regarding involuntary treatment and involuntary commitment. | }}</ref> Medical ethics is particularly relevant in decisions regarding involuntary treatment and involuntary commitment. | ||
==Values== | ==Values== | ||
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* '''Beneficence''' – a practitioner should act in the best interest of the patient.<ref name="auto1"/> | * '''Beneficence''' – a practitioner should act in the best interest of the patient.<ref name="auto1"/> | ||
* '''Non-maleficence''' – to not be the cause of harm. Also, "Utility" – to promote more good than harm.<ref name="auto1"/> | * '''Non-maleficence''' – to not be the cause of harm. Also, "Utility" – to promote more good than harm.<ref name="auto1"/> | ||
* '''Justice''' – concerns the distribution of scarce health resources, and the decision of who gets what treatment.<ref name="auto1"/> | * '''Justice''' – concerns the distribution of scarce health resources, and the decision of who gets what treatment.<ref name="auto1"/> | ||
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* [[Jewish medical ethics]] | |||
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[[Category:Medical ethics]] | |||
[[Category:Medicine]] | [[Category:Medicine]] | ||
[[Category:Term]] | [[Category:Term]] | ||
[[de:Medizinethik]] | [[de:Medizinethik]] | ||