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Caring for the critically ill requires professional training, but also great wisdom for life, preceded by deep ethical and moral reflection. In palliative medicine, the interest in ethical principles is enormous because of the specific problems that arise ...

Illness, suffering, dying and death are difficult problems of human existence. As a consequence of the increasing incidence of cancer and other diseases not amenable to causal treatment, the number of people requiring palliative care is increasing. The prospect of impending ...

The text presents selected results of a survey conducted by the authors in the academic year 2013/2014 with resident physicians, specialist physicians and medical students from the Łódź Province. The measurement was performed using a survey technique;...

Medical ethics classes are held at every medical university in Poland. The academic debate on optimal didactic methods in teaching this subject has been going on for years. The aim of this article is to demonstrate the superiority of active teaching methods over methods ...

The purpose of this article is to present the problem of the validity of the Code of Medical Ethics operating in an economic and legal environment. The subject of the information asymmetry that exists in health care is widely commented on. There are objections raised by individuals,...

In the article I prove the distinctiveness of professional medical ethics in three ways, namely: 1. by showing the differences of the normative position of duties (behaviours, values, virtues) in professional and general ethics, 2. by justifying the belonging of medical professional ethics to...

The rapid development of medicine raises not only new technical, biomedical but also ethical questions. An important and constantly appreciated by patients sector of the healthcare world is pharmacies and the pharmaceutical world as a whole, which also includes the industry and the sphere of trade in pharmaceuticals....

The power flowing from the development of medicine confronts modern man with questions that could not have arisen just a few years ago. A dilemma arises between the pursuit of knowledge, improvement, innovation and the protection of fundamental human rights. Opinions that the stakes in this ...

The technical and pharmacological revolution in modern medicine has not solved the ethical problems that seem more relevant today than ever before. Most articles on medical ethics focus on the 'big' issues, such...

In his activity, the doctor has the right to choose from all kinds of treatment options. However, when it comes to deciding according to one's conscience and morals, the law sets certain limits. This is understandable, as in the above freedom one cannot depart from ...

Contemporary medical ethics is developing under the influence of various philosophical currents. Among the more important developments of this ethics, the following three proposals stand out: (1) the ethics of the good of the patient related to virtue ethics proposed by the American physician Edmund D....

AIDS is a growing epidemic worldwide. It continues to raise many questions about the rights of HIV patients when it comes to care. Among these rights, one of the most problematic is the right to respect for medical confidentiality, especially in...

The book addresses extremely important and key legal and regulatory issues (such as the use of the conscience clause by doctors, the activities of hospital ethics committees), as well as issues of the doctor-patient relationship, including the difficult art of communication in...

Is it permissible to experiment on human embryos? Is it permissible to obtain stem cells from embryos not used for assisted procreation? Can the source of these valuable cells be human embryos produced specifically for...

The first section discusses issues in the philosophy of science and its relevance to the natural and medical sciences. This is followed by an introduction to selected theories in philosophical ethics, and the third section presents issues specific to modern medicine. W...