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The Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal in the field of bioethics.It was established in 1992 with the goal of exploring "the many implications of both the broader issues in healthcare and society and of organizational concerns arising in the institutions in which ethics committees are located."
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.
The Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics is a peer-reviewed academic journal that covers ethics and medical ethics. The editor-in-chief is Joan E. Sieber (California State University, East Bay). It was established in 2006 and is published by SAGE Publications.
The standard case for applying respect for persons is when the person receiving the health intervention is of sound mind, fit to make personal decisions, and empowered to choose from various options. Other cases involve showing respect to people who for whatever reason are not free to choose among the typical range of options when making a ...
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Primary care ethics is not a discipline; it is a notional field of study which is simultaneously an aspect of primary health care and applied ethics. De Zulueta argues that primary care ethics has ‘a definitive place on the ‘ bioethics map’ , represented by a substantial body of empirical research, literary texts and critical discourse (2 ...
The philosophy of healthcare is the study of the ethics, processes, and people which constitute the maintenance of health for human beings. [citation needed] For the most part, however, the philosophy of healthcare is best approached as an indelible component of human social structures.
In most systems, healthcare providers have a legal and ethical responsibility to ensure that a patient's consent is informed. This principle applies more broadly than healthcare intervention, for example to conduct research, to disclose a person's medical information, or to participate in high risk sporting and recreational activities.