Erschienen in:
02.07.2019 | Editorial
Focus on ethics of admission and discharge policies and conflicts of interest
verfasst von:
Sharon Einav, Dominique D. Benoit
Erschienen in:
Intensive Care Medicine
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Ausgabe 8/2019
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Excerpt
Ethics (or moral philosophy) is defined as a field of expertise that involves “systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behaviour” [
1]. Within the context of medicine, ethics span across a major part of the decision-making process and are required to be cross cultural. In this paper, important publications on two ethical issues that require both knowledge and self-awareness of the critical care physician are reviewed in brief. …