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n. (context ethics English) The branch of ethics that examines questions of moral right and wrong arising in the context of the practice of medicine.
Wikipedia
Medical ethics is a system of moral principles that apply values and judgments to the practice of medicine. As a scholarly discipline, medical ethics encompasses its practical application in clinical settings as well as work on its history, philosophy, and sociology.
Usage examples of "medical ethics".
If, for your own protection and for the sake of those you love, you want to know more about the subject than I've covered herein, I highly recommend Culture of Death: The Assault on Medical Ethics in America by Wesley J.
I am aware that you have published in respected scientific journals and have a background in medical ethics.
This constitutes a massive set of scientific experiments continuing over generations, experiments that moreover could not be duplicated today for reasons of medical ethics.
The newspaper asked whether this memo, flying in the face of medical ethics, let alone common decency, was perhaps a joke, or a hoax?