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.
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
David Seedhouse has written: 'Liberating medicine' -- subject(s): Medical Philosophy, Medicine, Philosophy, Philosophy, Medical 'Values-Based Decision-Making for the Caring Professions' 'Total Health Promotion' -- subject(s): Philosophy, Mental health promotion, Health promotion, Mental health 'Ethics' -- subject(s): Clinical Ethics, Medical, Medical ethics, Nonfiction, OverDrive 'Practical medical ethics' -- subject(s): Medical ethics, Ethics, Medical
Kevin D. O'Rourke has written: 'Medical Ethics Common Ground for Understanding' 'A Primer for Health Care Ethics' 'Medical ethics' -- subject(s): Catholic Church, Catholic authors, Catholicism, Christian ethics, Medical ethics, Medicine, Pastoral medicine, Religion and Medicine, Religious aspects of Medical ethics, Religious aspects of Medicine
Thomas Tomlinson has written: 'Methods in medical ethics' -- subject(s): Medical Ethics
Christopher Cowley has written: 'Reconceiving medical ethics' -- subject(s): Medical ethics
Ruth Macklin has written: 'Ethics in global health' -- subject(s): Bioethical Issues, Research Ethics, World Health 'Mortal choices' -- subject(s): Bioethics, Medical ethics, Ethics, Medical 'Enemies of patients' -- subject(s): Medical ethics, Physician and patient
Keymanthri Moodley has written: 'Medical ethics, law, and human rights' -- subject(s): Medical ethics, Medical laws and legislation
A medical assistant needs values and ethics because they will be working around sensitive information. If they don't have values and ethics, they may misuse that information.
Principles of Medical Ethics