MEDICAL ETHICS

Medical Ethics

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Abstract

In this study we try to explore the concept of “Medical Ethics” in a holistic context. Medical ethics (set of principles and rules governing moral care) is the necessary foundation behavior and interpersonal relationships established between a doctor (knowing, knowledgeable and competent actor) and a patient (object and subject, while organic , social and personal ), which he sees a friend.

Medical Ethics

Thesis Statement

The health of an individual is most valuable asset in the medical profession. Autonomy and dignity of the individual must always be preserved.

Medical Ethics (set of principles and rules governing moral care) is the necessary foundation behavior and interpersonal relationships established between a doctor (knowing, knowledgeable and competent actor) and a patient (object and subject, while organic, social and personal) which he sees a friend (Glenview, 1998).

Introduction

Ethics is the part of philosophy dealing with morality and the obligations of man. Morality is relative to the actions or characters of individuals from the point of view of good or evil. Is something that does not belong to the field of the senses or physical, but to the understanding, awareness or spiritual? Neither belongs to the legal field, but the internal forum and respect human.

The term bioethics is emerging (1971), and expresses the ethics of biological life. Try substituting other terms such as medical ethics or medical ethics, giving it a secular approach, interdisciplinary, prospective, comprehensive and systematic. This term allows the incorporation of other professionals in the life sciences, or the right. That is, the part of ethics or moral philosophy that studies the legality of interventions on human life, especially in medicine and life sciences (Pellegrino, 1993).

The term bioethics is emerging (1971), and expresses the ethics of biological life. Try substituting other terms such as medical ethics or medical ethics, giving it a secular approach, interdisciplinary, prospective, comprehensive and systematic. This term allows the incorporation of other professionals in the science of life, or the right. That is, the part of ethics or philosophy moral studying the legality of interventions on the life of man, especially in medicine and life sciences (Annas, 1993).

Physician-Assisted Suicide

Issues relating to voluntary retirement from life are not new, and some of them have been the subject of intense debate for centuries, such as physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia. The novelty of the modern approach is that in a context that includes the current debate a decision about withdrawing life-sustaining instruments; assist in decision-making process to withdraw from life, as well as changes in social values that have occurred recently.

For example, the doctor knows best when "helping to ensure that death is really necessary, and only from compassionate motives" (Girsh, 2000). This definition implies that the intention is clear the death of the patient and the patient's agent is performing acts only on compassionate grounds. Although there have been many definitions of euthanasia, or more accurately, many of the categories (active, passive, voluntary, involuntary), it is now widely ...