VZL 2010, 79(2):76-82

Ethical Aspects of Triage

Bernd Domres, Tobias Kees, Stefan Gromer, Peter Braitmaier, Tanja Granzow
German Institute for Disaster Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Tuebingen, Federal Republic of Germany

The discipline of medical ethics is concerned with morality, moral obligations and the principles of proper professional conduct concerning the rights and duties of a physician himself, his patients and fellow practitioners, as well as his actions in the care of patients and in relation with their families. Its foundations lie in the philosophical traditions of Eastern and Western thought and have strongly shaped modern codes of conduct and conventions...

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Domres, B., Kees, T., Gromer, S., Braitmaier, P., & Granzow, T. (2010). Ethical Aspects of Triage. Vojenské Zdravotnické Listy, 79(2), 76-82
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