Ethical Obligations of the Lawyer

Professional and ethical obligations toward the aged.

Legal and Ethical Principles of Lawyer Interference in the Criminal Procedure Process

Background: Advocacy is one of the most important institutions that can play a constructive role in the process of achieving justice. The presence of a lawyer in judicial trials will greatly facilitate the discovery of the truth and the prevention of encroachments and violations of citizens' rights. The necessity and importance of the right of defense have made it possible for advanced legal an...

Ethical, professional, and legal obligations in clinical practice.

This is the second discussion topic in a series of five dealing with ethical, professional, and legal obligations of clinical practice.Junior doctors tend to lack confidence in these subjects, and thus I organised a series of informal discussions in our surgical unit on which these articles are based. The sessions were prepared with reference to non-academic literature readily available from th...

Consent for organ donation--balancing conflicting ethical obligations.

n engl j med 358;12 www.nejm.org march 20, 2008 1209 the number of organs needed and the supply, clinicians have an ethical obligation to help ensure that the desires of people who want to donate organs are respected. The Department of Health and Human Services took up this challenge in 2003, when it collaborated with leading transplantation organizations to launch the Breakthrough Collaborativ...

New ethical obligations accompany new HIV drugs, conference told.