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Review
. 1999 May;17(2):283-306, ix.
doi: 10.1016/s0733-8627(05)70060-2.

Principles of biomedical ethics

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Principles of biomedical ethics

K V Iserson. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 1999 May.

Abstract

Ethics is the application of values and moral rules to human activities. Bioethics is a subsection of ethics, actually a part of applied ethics, that uses ethical principles and decision making to solve actual or anticipated dilemmas in medicine and biology. This article focuses on the primary principles of biomedical ethics and their implications for physicians in the ED.

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