[Medical ethics]

During the last 30 years medical science has progressed by leaps and bounds, but oddly enough, never before has human life been threatened so much and so directly from this progress. It is the first time that scientists have not realized so tragically their responsibilities arisen from α thoughtless disperse of medical methods, which could eventually put the subsistence of the human beings itself into jeopardy. Both in an international level and a national one, medical unions, states and governments seek for a code of ethics in medical behavior which is generally accepted, avoiding any kind of dogmatism that would immerge from ideological, philosophical, political or religious thoughts on behalf of the doctors, as well as their consequent parameters which is propaganda, fanaticism and enforcement

Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International, 2021

Background: Practicing medicine is always rewarding. It brings money sometimes and friendship, experience of fame at other times. At least one gets the credit and satisfaction of having done a good deed. There could be no better deed or donation than giving life back to a patient. Actually the science of life has an unlimited scope for expansion and the physician is one of the constituent of this life science. Every science has limitations, rules and regulations to achieve the ultimate success. ( Medical) Science is light and it illuminates; one’s own intellect is vision. Objectives: 1. To learn about Medical Ethics and how it is useful to improve the health care. 2. Professionalism in Health Care and its importance. 3. Discuss Medical Ethics and humanities, Professionalism and its impact on Health of the society. Methodology: The datasets used to conclude the study has taken from internet database and relevant books of science of medicine. In this article author tried to explore t...

A combination of moral principles and values that are applied to take judgements in medical education, practice, and research are termed as medical ethics. There have been other many traditional medical ethics guidelines brought about by Muslim Ishaq ibn Ali al-ruhawi wrote “the Conduct of physicians”, Jewish and Catholic scholastic thinkers over time. Ethics in modern medicine started way back in 18 century when Thomas Percival, a physician based in England, wrote a book on medical ethics and coined the terminology of medical ethics and medical jurisprudence. The medical profession should be viewed differently and a rethought on the ethical practices is the need of hour to make it an exciting and fulilling profession. A rethink on the status of modern medicine will certainly pave the way for obtaining speciic answers for many dilemmas in modern medicine including the best ethical codes and practices

Medical ethics is an interdisciplinary knowledge which deals with the ethical and value aspects of medical profession and medical sciences. Although medical ethics has a history of 2500 years, it has been formally included in medical training courses in most of medical sciences universities of the world since 30 years ago and quickly became a common part of curriculum for medical students. In fact, extensive advances in medical care and medical knowledge and also recent social changes have caused ethics to be raised as an essential part of today’s medical education. Despite extensive research on the curriculum of medical ethics and several useful reviews and revisions, still many questions about the nature, objectives, and results of these courses have remained unanswered. This has led to the negligence of many of the qualities, skills, and abilities that should be included in the curriculum of medical ethics. Studies have shown that some of the courses offered as medical ethics in the curriculum have not managed to help physicians to improve their ethical skills.

2012

A code of ethics is used by individuals to justify their actions within an environment. Medical professionals require a keen understanding of specific ethical codes due to the potential consequences of their actions. Over the past thirty years there has been an increase in the scope and depth of ethics instruction in the medical profession; however the teaching of these codes is still highly variable. This inconsistency in implementation is problematic both for the medical practitioner and for the patient; without standardized training, neither party can be assured of the practitioner's overall depth of knowledge. Within the field of ethics certain principles have reached a consensus of importance. Incorporation of these concepts in meaningful ways via a consistent curriculum would provide students with an appropriate skill set for navigating their ethical environment. Moreover, this curriculum should also be extended to residents and professionals who may have missed formal ethical training. This would provide a consistent framework of knowledge for practitioners, creating a basis for clear judgment of complex issues.

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Journal of Advances in Medical Education Professionalism, 2014

IOSR-Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences, 2025

Medical ethics deals with the moral principle that doctors should adhere to in their transaction with patient, colleagues and the state. It concerns not only doctors but also patients and society. The core of medical ethics is doctor patient relationship. Ethics has been derived from Greek word ethikos which means theory of living. Ethics are needed in every aspect of life, including medical field which is most pious profession and is thought to be equivalent to God because both of them save many precious lives. There is ethical deterioration in every field of life, including the medical one which is being eroded at fast pace and needs to be strengthened on priority by various manoeuvres. The past place of placing doctors equivalent to God has changed to devil in the current era. The responsibility lies on both sides i.e. doctors and patients. The bond of trust between them has become very fragile and needs urgent corrective steps for rebuilding the trust as in the past. The concept of sympathy has to be changed empathy among medical practitioners where they can feel pain of patient and family members. On the other side confidence building measures should be taken to build trust of patient and treating team. It is not matter of days or months but will require persistent and continuous efforts for years but a good beginning can prove to be very vital. At least, we all will start thinking that corrective steps are required to build good bonding between the treating team, patients and their family members. It will prove to be mile stone in decreasing unwarranted litigation and stress level among all.

A new world has probably emerged through the progression of technology which has led to significant debates on social, cultural, legal, and ethical issues, especially in the biomedical field in this century. Application of physician-patient relationship, principles of pluralism, autonomy, democracy, human dignity, and human rights is being challenged within the medicine and health-care system of today. Development of technology-based remedies has fostered greater degrees of medicalization. Hence, the automatic application of such technologies risks distorting the nature of medicine. To be sure, there is a cultural shift that is affecting the society that is increasingly unable to adapt to traditional legal systems. This cultural shift, perhaps, demands new ethics. This entry aims to evaluate the gap between traditional deontological nature of medicine and the emerging new ethics and assess why bioethical reflection is needed.