Medical ethics is the judgment that health care providers use to determine whether something should be done. Whether it will considerably improve a patient's outcome.
Medical law however dictates what the responsibilities of are of the health care provider and what the right of the patient is.
The law guarding medical peronnel from helping outside a medical facilaty
P. D. G. Skegg has written: 'Law, Ethics and Medicine' -- subject(s): Euthanasia, Informed consent (Medical law), Law and legislation, Medical Legislation, Medical ethics, Medical laws and legislation
Keymanthri Moodley has written: 'Medical ethics, law, and human rights' -- subject(s): Medical ethics, Medical laws and legislation
Puteri Nemie Jahn Kassim is a legal scholar and has written extensively on topics related to medical law, ethics, and healthcare regulation in Malaysia. Some of her notable works include books such as "Medical Law in Malaysia" and "Healthcare Law: The Essentials."
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Medical ethics is a system of principles which guide moral or acceptable conduct in medical care. The core principles of modern medical ethics are often listed as autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, and justice. Medical etiquette, by contrast, is simply the implicit code that governs socially acceptable behaviour for medical practitioners. In short, medical ethics guides behaviour by principles, whereas medical etiquette guides behaviour by convention. In practice, there is a large crossover between the two.
Ethics and the law
Gill Korgaonkar has written: 'Law for nurses' -- subject(s): Medical ethics, Medical laws and legislation
Edmund D. Pellegrino has written: 'The Christian virtues in medical practice' -- subject(s): Medical ethics, Cardinal virtues, Christian ethics 'The virtues in medical practice' -- subject(s): Bioethics, Ethics, Medical, Medical Philosophy, Medical ethics, Philosophy, Medical 'Humanism and the physician' -- subject(s): Medicine, Philosophy, Humanism, Medicine and the humanities, Medical education, Medical ethics, Ethics, Medical
James R. Thobaben has written: 'Health-care ethics' -- subject(s): Religious aspects of Medical ethics, Medical ethics, Christianity, Christian ethics 'Health-care ethics' -- subject(s): Medical ethics, Christianity, Christian ethics
The primary rule of Medical Ethics is, "First, do no harm."
Medical ethics refer to the high moral and practical standards that medical professionals should be held to. The main goal of medical ethics is to insure that patients receive excellent care.