Medical ethics

There are 6 major principles (important ideas):

• Beneficences - a doctor must do things that are good for the patient (the doctor is giving medical care to.)
• Non-maleficence – a doctor must not try to hurt his patients.
• Autonomy - the patient can say he does not want to be treated
• Justice – talks about what is fair in giving people medicines and care. It talks about who gets what treatments.
• Dignity - the patient (and the doctor) have the right to dignity (respect for someone as a person)
• Truthfulness (being honest) – the doctor must tell the patient the truth

Here are some kinds of medical ethics questions:

• If there is not enough of a medicine to treat every person who has a disease who should get the medicine?
• If a baby has a disease that will kill him very soon, what should a doctor do if the baby's mother says she does not want the baby to be helped?
• A patient has an injury that cannot be helped and that will kill them in a few minutes. The patient asks a doctor “am I going to die?” What should the doctor say?
• If a man has stage four cancer but only wants hollistic medicine, should you treat him with chemotherapy anyway?

• Bioethics
• Conflict of interest
• Deontological ethics
• Informed consent
• Right to die

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