Biomedical subjects
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Health care should be entrusted to professionals who have received well-rounded training in the humanitarian as well as the technical aspects of such care. Training of this sort is essential for effective resolution of ethical conflicts that arise in professional practice. Starting from that premise, this article examines a number of ethical problems commonly encountered by nurses in the course of their daily work.
Health care professionals should have comprehensive training, especially in the humanitarian aspects of care. This is essential to enable them to correctly resolve ethical conflicts that arise in professional practice. Starting from this premise, the article discusses some representative situations nurses encounter daily in their contacts with patients. An examination is made of the ethical aspects of the following: ordinary nursing activities; standards with regard to hospital visits by family members; administration of analgesics; schedules for feeding, drug administration, and the like; clinical research; professional secrecy; free professional practice; and death with dignity.