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  2. Medical paternalism - Wikipedia

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    Medical paternalism is a set of attitudes and practices in medicine in which a physician determines that a patient's wishes or choices should not be honored. These practices were current through the early to mid 20th century, and were characterised by a paternalistic attitude, surrogate decision-making and a lack of respect for patient autonomy ...

  3. Nursing ethics - Wikipedia

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    Nursing ethics is a branch of applied ethics that concerns itself with activities in the field of nursing. Nursing ethics shares many principles with medical ethics, such as beneficence, non-maleficence, and respect for autonomy. It can be distinguished by its emphasis on relationships, human dignity and collaborative care.

  4. List of medical ethics cases - Wikipedia

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    Particularly controversial was the work of Harvard neurosurgeon Vernon Mark and psychiatrist Frank Ervin, who wrote a book, Violence and the Brain, in 1970. [1] The National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research in 1977 endorsed the continued limited use of psychosurgical procedures.

  5. Paternalism - Wikipedia

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    Paternalism can also imply that the behavior is against or regardless of the will of a person, or also that the behavior expresses an attitude of superiority. [2] Paternalism, paternalistic and paternalist have all been used as a pejorative for example in the context of societal and/or political realms and references. [1]

  6. Medical ethics - Wikipedia

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    Medical ethics is an applied branch of ethics which analyzes the practice of clinical medicine and related scientific research. [1] Medical ethics is based on a set of values that professionals can refer to in the case of any confusion or conflict.

  7. 18 People Whose Extraordinary Work Ethic Got Them To The Top

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    By Max Nisen It's easy to look at successful people and explain their achievements as the product of luck - being in the right place at the right time or being born with extraordinary talent.

  8. Paternalistic deception - Wikipedia

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    These practices call into question the ethics behind them. [13] Potential problems that can arise are: patients' deception, which can later induce negative repercussions after finding out about the lie [14] the patient's autonomy being threatened as a result not seeking a second professional opinion. [15]

  9. Ethics of care - Wikipedia

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    The ethics of care (alternatively care ethics or EoC) is a normative ethical theory that holds that moral action centers on interpersonal relationships and care or benevolence as a virtue. EoC is one of a cluster of normative ethical theories that were developed by some feminists and environmentalists since the 1980s. [ 1 ]