Serafimov, Aleksandar and Kamcev, Nikola and Velickova, Nevenka and Panova, Gordana and Sokolovska-Malovcheva, Gabriela (2011) Ethical Problems in Pathology Practice. 1st Macedonian Congress of Pathology.
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Abstract
Objective – Identify the common ethical issues encountered in pathology practice on a
day-to-day basis and to give some guidance on how these issues might be addressed.
The principles of doing “Good” and not doing “Harm” are the essence of every
code of medical ethics. The duty of medical doctors to their patients is to exercise their
professional skills in an ethical manner and to observe the laws of community. The most
essential purpose is to ensure that patient’s trust in the medical profession is deserved.
This is achieved by protecting the patients and ensuring that they are able to obtain the
maximum benefits available in medicine. At the same time, medical ethics aim to protect
patients from the abuse that can occur when one person is in a position of power.
The four general principles in medical ethics (respect for autonomy,
nonmaleficence, beneficence and justice) apply in the field of Pathology, but they are
clumsy, because they are designed for face-to-face patient care. The widely accepted
statement – “The health of my patient will be my first consideration” does not apply to
pathology, simply because a pathologist does not have “my patient”. The ethical
problems of pathologist lie mainly in the conflicts between moral obligations to the
responsible clinician (and other colleagues), to the patient and to society.
In a situation where an ethical decision has to be made, a problem arises when
two or more ethical principles seem to conflict, and the difficulty lies in the relative
weight to be attached to the different principles, balancing possible harms against
benefits.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | Medical and Health Sciences > Basic medicine Natural sciences > Biological sciences Medical and Health Sciences > Health sciences |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medical Science |
| Depositing User: | Aleksandar Serafimov |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Nov 2012 14:15 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Jun 2014 12:29 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/407 |
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