Ethics- AETCOM attitude ethics and communication

Biomedical ethics

1. BIOMEDICAL ETHICS

2. INTRODUCTION Moral/ Ethical/ Legal

3. INTRODUCTION Systematic approach to understanding right and wrong A systemic study of the moral dimensions Norms for conduct Born in conflict

4. CODES OF CONDUCT 400 BC - Hippocratic oath Other Codes of Conduct : Atreya Anushasana Charaka Samhita Susruta Samhita International Code of Medical Ethics Medical Council of India Code of Ethics

5. NEED FOR ETHICS Nazi experiments (1939-45) THE GREATEST GOOD FOR THE GREATEST NUMBER

6. NEED FOR ETHICS Tuskegee syphilis study (1932-1972)

7. PRINCIPLES IN MEDICAL ETHICS American philosophers-Tom Beauchamp, James Childress ‘ systematic analysis of the moral principles that that that apply to biomedicine’ Autonomy (respect for persons) Beneficence (to do good) Non maleficience (do no harm) Justice (fairness)