Ethics and Medicine

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Unit 2

• Ethics and Medicine

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What does ethics mean?
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What does ethics mean?

• Rules of conduct recognized by a population or
  group. Example

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What does ethics mean?

• Rules of conduct recognized by a population or
  group.
• Morals- your established boundaries of right and
  wrong. Example

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Why are ethics and morals important?

• Establishes who you are.

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Why are ethics and morals important?

• Establishes who you are.
• Determines what others think.

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Why are ethics and morals important?

• Establishes who you are.
• Determines what others think.
• Can you be trusted?

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Why are ethics and morals important?

• Establishes who you are.
• Determines what others think.
• Can you be trusted?
• Confidentiality

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Why are ethics and morals important?

• Establishes who you are.
• Determines what others think.
• Can you be trusted?
• Confidentiality
• You can be held responsible, be sued, land in jail

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Confidentiality
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Confidentiality

• 1.spoken, written, acted on, etc., in strict
  privacy or secrecy secret a confidential
  remark.

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Confidentiality
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Confidentiality
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Confidentiality

• 1.spoken, written, acted on, etc., in strict
  privacy or secrecy secret a confidential
  remark.
• 2.indicating confidence or intimacy imparting
  private matters

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Confidentiality

• 1.spoken, written, acted on, etc., in strict
  privacy or secrecy secret a confidential
  remark.
• 2.indicating confidence or intimacy imparting
  private matters
• 3.having another's trust or confidence entrusted
  with secrets or private affairs .

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What are some common Ethical Issues?
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What are some common Ethical Issues?

• Abortion

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What are some common Ethical Issues?

• Abortion
• Abuse reporting

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What are some common Ethical Issues?

• Abortion
• Abuse reporting
• Artificial pregnancy

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What are some common Ethical Issues?

• Abortion
• Abuse reporting
• Artificial pregnancy
• Surrogate Motherhood

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What are some common Ethical Issues?

• Abortion
• Abuse reporting
• Artificial pregnancy
• Surrogate Motherhood
• Human Cloning

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What are some common Ethical Issues?

• Abortion
• Abuse reporting
• Artificial pregnancy
• Surrogate Motherhood
• Human Cloning
• Physician Assisted Suicide

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What are some common Ethical Issues?

• Abortion
• Abuse reporting
• Artificial pregnancy
• Surrogate Motherhood
• Human Cloning
• Physician Assisted Suicide
• Withholding Treatment