medical ethics
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medical ethics (plural medical ethics)
(ethics) The branch of ethics that examines questions of moral right and wrong arising in the context of the practice of medicine.
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Even putting aside the Judeo-Christian morality upon which the Constitution and our nation's culture are based, the notion of forced euthanasia would contradict the long-held body of medical ethics to which all American doctors must adhere.
Aside from the questions of medical ethics this raises, it is a feminist issue on Barrayar, where the social roles of women have been entirely defined by their reproductive function.
As a scholarly discipline, medical ethics encompasses its practical application in clinical settings as well as work on its history, philosophy, theology, and sociology.
All health facilities, goods and services must respect medical ethics and be culturally appropriate as well as sensitive to gender and life-cycle requirements.
But the timing of this joyous event raises interesting and unusual problem for medical ethics.
Her story served as the spur for reform movements in medical ethics and patient privacy, and Skloot shares the details with both candor and sensitivity.”