Ethics in Practice

Ethics in health promotion--reflections in practice.

Health promotion practitioners should be able to identify ethical dilemmas that are relevant to their practice and understand how to preclude and/or address such problems. This paper explores some of the broad ethical issues in health promotion practice; summarises some of the principles that require consideration; and outlines some of the recently developed ethical frameworks for public health...

Hacker Ethics in a Community of Practice

Losses due to computer break-ins by malicious outsiders or disgruntled employees intent on personal gain or revenge are estimated to cost companies billions of dollars each year. Former hackers are now assisting the computer security industry in tracking down intruders and developing safe practices in order to ward off future attacks. It is argued that hacker expertise is needed because a knowl...

Medical ethics in contemporary clinical practice.

This review article describes and analyzes ethical issues in medical practice, particularly those issues encountered by physicians in their relationships with their patients. These relationships often involve ethical conflicts between 2 or more interests, which physicians need to recognize and resolve. The article deals with 4 topics in clinical practice in which ethical conflicts occur: physic...

Legal Ethics in Preparation for Law Practice

Ethics and Holistic Healthcare Practice

The paper aims to contribute to integrated discussion of ethics in holistic healthcare. Methods: Noting key aspects of the literature on ethics in holistic healthcare, the authors then focus on describing the working ethical statement for holistic healthcare practitioners produced for the International Society of Holistic Health (ISHH). Ethical principles, aims of holistic practice, and ethical...