SETTING Medical ethics education has become common, and the integrated ethics curriculum has been recommended in Western countries. It should be questioned whether there is one, universal method of teaching ethics applicable worldwide to medical schools, especially those in non-Western developing countries. OBJECTIVE To characterise the medical ethics curricula at Asian medical schools. DES...

This article reviews the history and future good of acceptance ethics and helps frame the publication of papers presented at the workshop on Professional Promises: Hopes and Gaps in Access to Oral Health Care. Discovery and development of Universal Patient Acceptance (UPA), a practical application of acceptance ethics, is key to systematizing access to oral health; UPA expands partnerships amon...

The focus of healthcare ethics within the framework of ethical principles and philosophical foundations has always, in recent times, been the community, namely, the healthcare provider, the patient or, in research, the study participant. An initiative is thus described whereby a community of practice (CoP) model was developed around health ethics in health research, education and clinical care....

introduction: the goal of professional librarians and informatics is providing useful services for users. this study aims to recognize the rate of commitment and authority of librarians to ethics instruction. method: this study is an applied ex post facto research. the population of study includes all librarians of isfahan public libraries in 2012. by in access selection, 207 questionnaires wer...

The ethical aspects of computing have gained increasing attention at the professional level of education in universities. As a result, several works have been produced relating to computer ethics education at this level. However, the ever-increasing role and usage of computer technology means that ethical education related to computing is also necessary for nonprofessional/non-major computing/i...

Professional ethics education requires the development of abstract principles and values among students. The learning process requires students to confront true ethical dilemmas. This study puts forward a theoretical model for helping students develop professional ethics and reports an empirical study on evaluating student feedback in learning professional ethics. Practitioners are involved in ...

Increasingly the literature highlights the importance of having ethics and values taught at all levels of the education system. Governments, such as those of New Zealand and Australia, are increasingly focused on introducing curricular requirements for values education and ethics, and some universities in Australia have already introduced ‘core generic papers’ across all degree programmes, incl...

Recent trends in biomedical technologies have been associated with increasing discussion about ethical aspects of the new knowledge in many societies, including the Islamic Republic of Iran. Medical ethics has a long history in our country, and great Iranian physicians laid special emphasis on teaching and practising traditional ethics. In recent decades, great strides have been made in biomedi...

Recent business scandals and economic upheavals have prompted calls for ethics education. This paper reports the results of three studies that explore possible effects of different types of economic ethics, i.e., ethics instruction in an economic context. Study 1 examines possible effects on fairness views of mandatory justice instruction. Study 2 measures generosity and cooperation among stude...