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Descriptor
English
:
Ethics, Clinical
Descriptor
Spanish
:
ética clínica
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Ética Clínica
Synonyms
English
:
Clinical Ethics
Tree Number:
K01.752.566.479.045.500
K01.752.566.479.171.132
N05.350.200.500
N05.350.340.162
Definition
English
:
The identification, analysis, and resolution of moral problems that arise in the care of
patients
. (
Bioethics
Thesaurus)
Indexing Annotation
English
:
general; prefer specifics such as
ETHICS
, MEDICAL for
ethics
in relation to the
physician
. Do not use routinely; reserve for discussions of
clinical ethics
as a topic in its own right; specify geographic term if pertinent
See Related
English
:
Ethicists
Ethics Committees, Clinical
Ethics Consultation
History Note
English
:
2002; use ETHICS, MEDICAL 1993-2001
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
ED
education
HI
history
Record Number:
36359
Unique Identifier:
D026690
Occurrence in VHL
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