Ética en medicina

¿Que haría un buen médico? Reflexiones sobre ética en medicina What would a good doctor do? Reflections on the ethics of medicine. MacKenzie CR. Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA. mackenzier@hss.edu HSS J. 2009 Sep;5(2):196-9. Epub 2009 Jul 21. Abstract Ethical challenges are prevalent in modern-day medicine. Whether arising in the daily practice of medicine, in the conduct of research, or in our educational practices, physicians need to understand the relevance ethics plays in our professional lives. This paper examines the ethical foundations of medical ethics, suggests qualities that define optimal professionalism, and frames the discussion employing two hypothetic case presentations. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2744764/pdf/11420 _2009_Article_9126.pdf Ética y salud. Retos y reflexiones Ethics and health. Challenges and reflections Narro-Robles J, Rodríguez-Domínguez J, Viesca-Treviño C, Abreu-Hernández LF. Facultad de Medicina de la UNAM, Ciudad Universitaria, México, DF.narro@servidor.unam.mx Gac Med Mex. 2004 Nov-Dec;140(6):661-6. Abstract In this essay, the concepts of ethics, bioethics, and professional ethics are reviewed. In addition, we analyzed the relationship between ethics and medicine, the conditions that can be source of ethical dilemmas, and the influence of ethics in the doctor-patient relationship, in the clinical work of the physician, and in an individual and institutional process of decision-making. Some factors that result from the interrelationship between ethics and health care, in particular the need for preserving and increasing the human dimension in medical practice, are discussed. Finally, the idea is supported that to achieve the purpose previously mentioned, three challenges must to be overcome: to defeat reductionism in analysis of medical matters, to accept the uncertainty of medical work and the attempt to reach adequate levels of equity in the development of health services. http://new.medigraphic.com/cgi-bin/contenido.cgi?IDREVISTA=16&IDPUBLICACION=1543

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