Ethics and medicine

Shair Mohamad, Mohd Akram (2011) Ethics and medicine. Journal of Applied Sciences Research, 7 (13). pp. 2394-2398. ISSN 1819-544X

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Abstract

This paper provides a brief overview of competing ethical approaches to various substantial legal issues in a Medical or Healthcare context. In a nutshell, there are three main reasons for considering ethical approaches separately from and prior to examining the law. This is because many of the legal principles in medical law are based on ethical foundations, for example the law on consent to treatment is based on respect for autonomy. Secondly, on many of the topics in medical law, law is insufficiently developed to provide guidance for healthcare professionals, e.g. the equitable remedy for breach of confidentiality. And thirdly, there may be ethical reasons for not attempting to extend law into certain areas, e.g. attempts to regulate the behavior of pregnant women which may be better influenced by education and information, rather than law.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	2226/15903
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Medical Ethics, Code of Hammurabi, Hippocratic Oath, Human Clone, Xenotransplantation
Subjects:	K Law > K Law (General)
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws
Depositing User:	Mrs Maznah Zakaria
Date Deposited:	13 Jan 2012 14:51
Last Modified:	12 Feb 2012 00:48
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/15903

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