NIH MeSH · D001675Humanities

Bioethics

Also known asBiomedical Ethics · Ethics, Biomedical · Health Care Ethics · Ethics, Health Care

Definition

A branch of applied ethics that studies the value implications of practices and developments in life sciences, medicine, and health care.

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Beneficence

The state or quality of being kind, charitable, or beneficial. (from American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th ed). The ethi…

Bioethical Issues

Clusters of topics that fall within the domain of BIOETHICS, the field of study concerned with value questions that arise in biomedicine and…

Casuistry

A method of ETHICAL ANALYSIS that emphasizes practical problem solving through examining individual cases that are considered to be represen…

Codes of Ethics

Systematic statements of principles or rules of appropriate professional conduct, usually established by professional societies.

Complicity

Association with or participation in an act that is, or is perceived to be, criminal or immoral. One is complicitous when one promotes or un…

Conflict of Interest

A situation in which an individual might benefit personally from official or professional actions. It includes a conflict between a person's…

Double Effect Principle

Guideline for determining when it is morally permissible to perform an action to pursue a good end with knowledge that the action will also …

Ethical Analysis

The use of systematic methods of ethical examination, such as CASUISTRY or ETHICAL THEORY, in reasoning about moral problems.

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