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  2. Medical ethics - Wikipedia

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    t. e. 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. These values include the respect for autonomy, non-maleficence, beneficence, and justice ...

  3. Beneficence (ethics) - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Beneficence is a concept in research ethics that states that researchers should have the welfare of the research participant as a goal of any clinical trial or other research study. The antonym of this term, maleficence, describes a practice that opposes the welfare of any research participant. According to the Belmont Report, researchers ...

  4. Nursing ethics - Wikipedia

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    Nursing ethics. 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.

  5. Professional responsibility - Wikipedia

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    Judicial misconduct. v. t. e. Professional responsibility is a set of duties within the concept of professional ethics for those who exercise a unique set of knowledge and skill as professionals. [1] Professional responsibility applies to those professionals making judgments, applying their unique skills, and reaching informed decisions for, or ...

  6. Deontology - Wikipedia

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    e. In moral philosophy, deontological ethics or deontology (from Greek: δέον, 'obligation, duty' + λόγος, 'study') is the normative ethical theory that the morality of an action should be based on whether that action itself is right or wrong under a series of rules and principles, rather than based on the consequences of the action. [1]

  7. Notes on Nursing - Wikipedia

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    Notes on Nursing: What it is and What it is Not is a book first published by Florence Nightingale in 1859. [1][2][3] A 76-page volume with 3 page appendix published by Harrison of Pall Mall, it was intended to give hints on nursing to those entrusted with the health of others. Florence Nightingale stressed that it was not meant to be a ...

  8. Nursing research - Wikipedia

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    Nursing research is research that provides evidence used to support nursing practices. Nursing, as an evidence-based area of practice, has been developing since the time of Florence Nightingale to the present day, where many nurses now work as researchers based in universities as well as in the health care setting. [citation needed] Nurse ...

  9. Nursing - Wikipedia

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    Nursing is a health care profession that "integrates the art and science of caring and focuses on the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and human functioning; prevention of illness and injury; facilitation of healing; and alleviation of suffering through compassionate presence". [ 1 ] Nurses practice in many specialties with ...