Navigating Health Care With a Moral Compass Using Professional Codes of Ethics and Moral Reasoning

Authors

Barbara Bennett Jacobs

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Publication Date

11-10-2011

Keywords

ethics, conflict, moral reasoning, mediation

Disciplines

Bioethics and Medical Ethics

Abstract

This interactive, case-based forum explores ways to help professionals manage conflicts between their personal values and the values held by their profession. What are the advantages and disadvantages of professional codes of ethics? How can moral reasoning and ethical theory be helpful? What kind of moral compass should a professional keep in his or her pocket?

Specialty/Research Institute

Biomedical Ethics

Comments

Allen M. Boyden, M.D. Memorial Lectureship