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Introduction to ethics in health care
▪ Health ethics promotes the consideration of values in the prioritization and
justification of actions by health professionals, researchers and policymakers that
may impact the health and well-being of patients, families, and communities.
▪ It is an interdisciplinary field encompassing a broad range of domains: public health,
health research and clinical care.
▪ With competing interests under limited resources, a health ethics framework
provides for a systematic analysis and resolution of conflicts through the evidence-
based application of general ethical principles, such as respect for personal
autonomy, beneficence, justice, utility and solidarity.
