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KMID : 1025620090120040335
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Korean Journal of Medical Ethics
2009 Volume.12 No. 4 p.335 ~ p.350
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Ethics and Law in Medicine
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Joo Ho-No
Bae Hyun-Ah
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Abstract
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Ethical issues in medicine are often accompanied by legal issues. While it is important to take the legal aspects of a medical ethical problem into consideration, following the law does not always ensure an ethical outcome. Moreover, not all ethical issues in medical practice have a legal component, and the law is limited procedurally as a means of dispute resolution. In this article we argue that medical professionals should have a general understanding of both medical ethics and medical law and have the ability to analyze the ethical and legal issues involved in medical practice. Furthermore, we claim that improving physician-patient communication is an important goal of medical ethics education not only from an ethical point of view, but also from a legal point of view, insofar as it may help to prevent future lawsuits against physicians.
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KEYWORD
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medical ethics, medical law, ethical confict, ethics education
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