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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Ann Natl Acad Med Sci 2017; 53(03): 121-130
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1712754
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Evolving Ethical Issues in Health and Mental Health

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  • Shridhar Sharma

    National Academy of Medical Sciences & Institute of Human Behaviour & Allied Sciences, Delhi
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ABSTRACT

Ethics is the Science of morals in human conduct. However, ethics and morals are not same. The ethics is based on certain principles, which include 'Respect for Person and Justice'. This principle is not in total conformity with Hippocratic tradition, where Physician is given a 'Position of Paternalism'. The basic idea of 'justice' is that all human beings are equally valuable. Similarly, the principle of liberty is the right to self determination but what is the use of this right that can not be fulfilled. These basic principles are evolving and are constantly posing problems in every health care institution and are a challenge to every Physician.

Keywords

Ethics - morals - justice - autonomy - informed consent - ethics in health research


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09 May 2020

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