Health-care Ethics and the Free Market Value System
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چکیده
Ethics is an ever relevant aspect in every field of human activity in general and health care in particular. From the classical times, professional ethical codes and prayers directed the practice and distribution of the medical care. As the society and its institutions have changed since Hippocrates, so did the practice and delivery of health care changed as the current health care concerns include issues of consumer rights, managed care/insurance policies, and competitive hospital industry. In this article, we want to briefly review the status of the code of medical ethics, role of Ethics Committees (ECs), and the new developments in the organizational business ethics in the current context.
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