Medical Act and Negligence: Ethical Concerns

To all doctors, Medical ethics must be in support of every medical action. Nowadays, ethics in medicine is an elective topic in college curricula, and therefore, unknown, forgotten or poorly learned in detriment of patient care and their wellbeing. Medical care lacking in ethics generates mistakes d...

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Autor principal: Olmo, Julio Cesar Ballesteros Del
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Lenguaje:inglés
Publicado: IntechOpen 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/75717
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Sumario:To all doctors, Medical ethics must be in support of every medical action. Nowadays, ethics in medicine is an elective topic in college curricula, and therefore, unknown, forgotten or poorly learned in detriment of patient care and their wellbeing. Medical care lacking in ethics generates mistakes derived from lack of skill, negligence or recklessness. These are exacerbated by the lack of training and/or overconfidence, which at first glance can appear to be commonplace and even normal, and thus, resulting in medical malpractice. We must return to humanistic medicine. Combat medical mercantilism at the cost of the patients, and recover the social position that medicine has held with the utmost respect for centuries.
ISBN:978-1-83881-177-8
DOI:10.5772/intechopen.94762