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Medical ethics
Main article: Medical ethics
Medical ethics is the study of moral values and judgments as they apply to medicine. The four main moral commitments are respect for autonomy, beneficence, normaleficence, and justice. Using these four principles and thinking about what the physicians specific concern is for their scope of practice can help physician make moral decisions.[1]
As a scholarly discipline, medical ethics encompasses its practical application in clinical settings as well as work on its history, philosophy, theology, and sociology.
Medical ethics tends to be understood narrowly as an applied professional ethics, whereas bioethics appears to have worked more expansive concerns, touching upon the philosophy of science and issues of biotechnology. Biotechnology generally focuses on molecular biology which, can help improve the health of humans as well as prolong the lifespan of humans [2]Still, the two fields often overlap and the distinction is more a matter of style than professional consensus.
Medical ethics shares many principles with other branches of healthcare ethics, such as nursing ethics. A bioethicist assists the health care and research community in examining moral issues involved in our understanding of life and death, and resolving ethical dilemmas in medicine and science. Examples of this would be the topic of equality in medicine. Some may believe everyone should have the same health care compared to people who believe healthcare should be distributed based off medical need.[12]
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Buddhist Bioethics
One of the fundamental beliefs of buddhism is that you should not take the life of another person, even that of a fetus.
As new medical technologies raise more questions about bioethics, buddhists turn to their ancient texts to search for enlightenment. Buddhist texts focus on specific issues such as sickness and death and gives some insight about how to prepare the mind for death.[3]
- ^ Gillon, R. (1994-07-16). "Medical ethics: four principles plus attention to scope". BMJ : British Medical Journal. 309 (6948): 184–188. ISSN 0959-8138. PMC 2540719. PMID 8044100.
- ^ University, Santa Clara. "Thinking Ethically About Human Biotechnology - Resources - Bioethics - Focus Areas - Markkula Center for Applied Ethics - Santa Clara University". www.scu.edu. Retrieved 2016-11-07.
- ^ Tsomo, Karma Lekshe (2006). Into the Jaws of Yama, Lord of Death. US: SUNY Press. ISBN 9780791481455.