Ethical Aspects

Abel Torres, Ilya Reyter, Tanya Nino

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDermatologic Surgery
Subtitle of host publicationStep by Step
PublisherWiley-Blackwell
Pages420-424
Number of pages5
ISBN (Print)9781444330670
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 7 2012

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • General Medicine

Keywords

  • Concept of non-maleficence, in combination with beneficence
  • Cosmetic procedures, rhetoric versus reality
  • Dermatologic surgeon, balancing beneficence and non-maleficence
  • Ethical aspects
  • Medical ethics, four basic principles in ethical conflict
  • Medical necessity, economics with patient needs
  • Patients' self-determination, without undue/or coercion
  • Person's freedom, in making his/her decisions
  • Physician and realities of modern healthcare
  • Physicians, acting as per principles of beneficence and non-maleficence

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