Principles of Clinical Ethics and Their Application to Practice
Principles of Clinical Ethics and Their Application to Practice
Highlights of the Study
• Main principles of ethics, that is beneficence, nonmaleficence, autonomy, and justice, are discussed.
• Autonomy is the basis for informed consent, truth-telling, and confidentiality.
• A model to resolve conflicts when ethical principles collide is presented.
• Cases that highlight ethical issues and their resolution are presented.
• A patient care model that integrates ethics, professionalism, and cognitive and technical expertise is shown.
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