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ReviewMedical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre2021

Principles of Clinical Ethics and Their Application to Practice.

Basil Varkey

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Review in Medical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07554677 (Feasibility of a Co-designed PRe-radiotherapy Exercise Programme for People With Stage I-III Non-small Cell Lung cAnCEr), which is not on this map. Cited by 360 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT07554677 narecruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Feasibility of a Co-designed PRe-radiotherapy Exercise Programme for People With Stage I-III Non-small Cell Lung cAnCEr: A Single-centre, Single Arm Pilot Study

TypeinterventionalSponsorQueen's University, BelfastRan2026 to 2026Enrolled30ConditionsLung CancerArmsExercise, radiotherapy
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

360 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  13. Ethical Challenges in Research Involving Hospitalized Patients: A Phenomenological Study.Health care analysis : HCA : journal of health philosophy and policy · 2026
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  14. Porcine-derived materials in urology Practical ethical guidance for caring for Muslim and Jewish patients.Canadian Urological Association journal = Journal de l'Association des urologues du Canada · 2026
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  20. Reflective practice to reduce moral injury in healthcare workers.Occupational medicine (Oxford, England) · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Basil VarkeyThe Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, basilvarkey@ymail.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An overview of ethics and clinical ethics is presented in this review. The 4 main ethical principles, that is beneficence, nonmaleficence, autonomy, and justice, are defined and explained. Informed consent, truth-telling, and confidentiality spring from the principle of autonomy, and each of them is discussed. In patient care situations, not infrequently, there are conflicts between ethical principles (especially between beneficence and autonomy). A four-pronged systematic approach to ethical problem-solving and several illustrative cases of conflicts are presented. Comments following the cases highlight the ethical principles involved and clarify the resolution of these conflicts. A model for patient care, with caring as its central element, that integrates ethical aspects (intertwined with professionalism) with clinical and technical expertise desired of a physician is illustrated.

Indexed as

BeneficenceEthics, ClinicalPersonal AutonomySocial JusticeConfidentialityHumansInformed ConsentMoralsNegotiatingPatient-Centered CareProblem SolvingTruth DisclosureAutonomyConfidentialityEthicsInformed consentIntegrated patient care modelProfessionalism

Identifiers

PMID32498071
PMCPMC7923912

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