MEDICAL ETHICS - UWI St. Augustine Campus Libraries
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MEDICAL ETHICS
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Definitions:
"Medical ethics is a discipline/methodology for considering the implications of medical technology/treatment and what ought to be."
The principles of proper professional conduct concerning the rights and duties of the physician himself, his patients and his fellow practitioners, as well as his actions in the care of patients and in relations with their families.
Medical ethics is the discipline of evaluating the merits, risks, and social concerns of activities in the field of medicine. en.wiki/Medical_ethics
Call Numbers for Browsing:
W32.6; W50
Books:
Children, ethics and modern medicine. Richard B. Miller. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, c2003. (WS 21 M649c 2003)
Medical ethics ;manual. John R. Williams. Fernesy-Voltaire, France, World Meidcal Association, 2005 (W 50 W724m 2005)
The moral development of health care professionals: rational decision-making in health care ethics. Bertram Bandman. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 2003 (W 50 B214m 2003)
Risk and luck in medical ethic. Donna Dickenson. Cambridge, UK : Polity ; Malden, MA : Blackwell, 2003. (W 50 D554r 2003)
PubMed Abstracts: These are found on the PubMed site on the Internet:
Mattick K, Bligh J. Teaching and assessing medical ethics: where are we now?J Med Ethics. 2006 Mar;32(3):181-185.
Valiathan MS. Ethical issues in the practice of medicine.
Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci. 2006 Jan-Mar;48(1):7-11. No abstract available.
Albury WR, Weisz GM. The medical ethics of Erasmus and the physician-patient relationship. Med Humanit. 2001 Jun;27(1):35-41.
Aarons DE. Issues in bioethics. Teaching medical ethics to health professionals.West Indian Med J. 2002 Jun;51(2):59-63.
Fearon MA. The legal and ethical issues raised by the practice of alternative and homeopathic medicine in the Caribbean. West Indian Med J. 2000 Dec;49(4):268-70.
Emery H. Challenges facing the physician in the 21st century. West Indian Med J. 2000 Sep;49(3):194-5..
Aarons DE. Ethics, medicine and society: imperatives for the future. West Indian Med J. 1999 Dec;48(4):179-82.
Aarons DE. Medicine and its alternatives. Health care priorities in the Caribbean. Hastings Cent Rep. 1999 Jul-Aug;29(4):23-7.
E-Journals:
Journal of Medical Ethics
BMC Medical Ethics
Indian Journal of Medical Ethics
Bulletin of Medical Ethics
Internet Links:
Professional Ethics
University of Adelaide website. Includes information on health ethics, general professional ethics resources, glossary of ethics terminology, Codes of ethics, other profession, and associations.
McGill Clinical Trials Research Group
Has links to other research ethics websites.
Medicine, Ethics, & Medical Informatics
Human values should govern research and practice in the health profession.
Healthcare informatics encompasses issues of appropriate and inappropriate behavior, of honorable and disreputable actions, and of right and wrong.
Medical Ethics.ca
Canadian resources for medical ethics: websites, books, articles, societies, associations, research institutes.
Health Care Ethics
Canadian ethics website for the professional in health care. Includes ethics in nursing, pharmacy, business and medicine.
Nursing Ethics.ca
Ethics for the nursing professional including articles on biomedical reports
Clinical Consultation Services: medical ethics programs and services
Educational programs can be provided to healthcare organizations, professional associations, state medical boards, Graduate Medical Education (GME) programs and community groups. Programs include lectures, presentations, seminars, staff in-service training and Continuing Medical Education (CME) programs.
The Centre for Bioethics and Human Dignity
The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity exists to help individuals and organizations address the pressing bioethical challenges of our day, including managed care, end-of-life treatment, genetic intervention, euthanasia and suicide, and reproductive technologies.
Issues in Medical Ethics
Access to health-related information promoting health/prevention of diseases; mental health/illness; substance abuse; therapies/treatments; body systems and diseases; life processes
British Medical Association - Ethics
The British Medical Association is the professional association for doctors. With over 135,000 members, representing almost 80% of practising doctors in the UK, the BMA is the voice of the profession and medical students.
University of Buffalo Centre for Clinical Ethics and Humanities in Health Care
The Center is an interdisciplinary academic center of the University at Buffalo. It draws upon a wide range of individuals from the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences as well as various health care and academic institutions in the Buffalo New York area.
HealthWeb - Bioethics
The University of Pennsylvania Center for Bioethics is a leader in bioethics research and its deployment in the ethical, efficient, and compassionate practice of the life sciences and medicine.
Bioethics Network of Ohio
The network promotes collaboration and communication among its members on bioethical issues, and serves as an educational resource for both professionals and the public.
Ethics in Biomedicine
Karoliska Institutet University Library. Included information on terminal care, organ donation, AIDS, genetics, addiction, eldercare, malpractice, preventive care and rationing comprise an imposing list of contemporary bioethical issues.
Bioethics and Medical Ethics
An index of papers given at the Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy, Boston, Mass. 1998.
Digestive Ethics, Gastroenterology, and Digestive Endoscopy: Changing Concepts in a Changing World
World Organization for digestieve Endoscopy. Several reports of AD HOC OMED committees on changing concept in digestive ethics, gastroenterology and digestive endoscopy.
The Ethics of Aids Care
International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care with considerations in providing lifesaving and life extending drugs to the medically indigent in the United States.
Biomedical Ethics
Comprehensive bioethics site, biomedical ethics in the news, classic works and cases.
Medical Oaths and Declarations
Full-Text articles on ethics, BMJ, J Med Ethics, MBA as related to Medical oaths and declarations.
Ethical Aspects of Clinical Error and Patient Safety
The purpose of this site is to serve as a starting point for those interested in exploring the ethical aspects of clinical error. Clinical errors go by many names, including "medical errors," "medication errors," "iatrogenesis," and "adverse events.
Ethics in Medicine
University of Washington School of Medicine. Principles of bioethics : Illustrative cases on respect for autonomy, bioethics topics clerkships bioethics tools and resources.
Ethics Manual
American College of Physicians. Clinical information, journals, ethics manual on Internal medicine.
Medical Ethics
Molloy College, Department of Philosophy. Molloy resources, Principles of Medical Ethics and useful websites.
First, Do No Harm! Medical Ethics and Moral Education
Several articles on Medical Ethics and moral Education.
Confidentiality and the ethics of medical ethics
This paper considers the use of cases in medical ethics research and teaching.
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