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Descriptor English: Ethics, Clinical
Descriptor Spanish: Ética Clínica
Descriptor ética clínica
Scope note: Identificación, análisis y resolución de los problemas morales que surgen en la atención a los pacientes.
Descriptor Portuguese: Ética Clínica
Descriptor French: Éthique clinique
Entry term(s): Clinical Ethics
Tree number(s): K01.752.566.479.045.500
K01.752.566.479.171.132
N05.350.200.500
N05.350.340.162
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D026690
Scope note: The identification, analysis, and resolution of moral problems that arise in the care of patients. (Bioethics Thesaurus)
Annotation: general; prefer specifics such as ETHICS, MEDICAL for ethics in relation to the physician. Do not use routinely; reserve for discussions of clinical ethics as a topic in its own right; specify geographic term if pertinent
Allowable Qualifiers: ED education
HI history
Previous Indexing: Ethics, Medical (1992-2001)
Public MeSH Note: 2002; see ETHICS, MEDICAL 1993-2001
History Note: 2002; use ETHICS, MEDICAL 1993-2001
Entry Version: ETHICS CLIN
Related: Ethicists MeSH
Ethics Committees, Clinical MeSH
Ethics Consultation MeSH
DeCS ID: 36359
Unique ID: D026690
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2002/01/01
Date of Entry: 2001/07/25
Revision Date: 2015/06/22
Ethics, Clinical - Preferred
Concept UI M0007854
Scope note The identification, analysis, and resolution of moral problems that arise in the care of patients. (Bioethics Thesaurus)
Preferred term Ethics, Clinical
Entry term(s) Clinical Ethics



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