Search PubMed⌕ Search

PubMed · 12974199

Medical ethics.

Abstract

The topic of medical ethics is as old as our profession, and yet as new as tomorrow. We will look at three concerns, viz. our relation to our patients, our relation to our colleagues, and our relation to ourselves. Parts are referenced and others are not, the source having been lost to me. Little if any is original, although much, I trust, is applicable. This is not a scientific study, and it is not intended as a sermon. It contains no data, soft or hard, just concerns, human and difficult. This reflects solely the opinions of the author. It raises questions from outside us, and calls for answers from within us.

Explore related subjects

Keep this discovery

Explore connections, maps & timelines

BibTeXRIS

Joe S Levy. Medical ethics.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12974199/

Cite the original work for its findings. Save a collection to share your selection of sources.

KEEP EXPLORING

Related citations

[A separation of public health ethics from medical ethics].

Until now there are only a few approaches in the German-speaking realm to establish an explicit ethical framework for moral issues of public health--although a need for public health ethics in times of SARS and avian flu is obvious. One deficit of the discussion so far is that there is no systematic separation of medical ethics and public health ethics. Thus, the core and interdisciplinary focus of public health is often not met. However, to frame discussions of moral issues within a specific public health ethics framework seems to be fruitful. This paper deals with the conceptual differences of medical ethics and public health ethics. The discussion helps both applied ethical discourses to sharpen their focus and strengthen their appeal. The author develops and presents a conceptual and normative frame for public health ethics and offers a concise set of ethical principles for the discussion of moral challenges in public health.

Ethics, Medical↗