Ethics in Medical Practice

Abstract

By the twentieth century, interest in the sciences of living organisms had increased, especially in the field of biology and medicine, and it gained the preoccupation of researchers in research centers and universities as a result of its attachment to public health and the hopes and therapeutic future prospects that this science could produce to rid humanity of some intractable diseases and disabilities. This human face of medical practice did not hide the dangers that threaten the human being, his identity, dignity, and future destiny, especially with contemporary technologies in the field of medicine, such as organ transplantation, genetic modification to avoid disability, artificial procreation, euthanasia, and other delicate operations that put humans to the test. So, it has become necessary to reconsider medical practice from the standpoint of drawing new features that open the way for ethical elements to intervene in order to direct medical work with regard to the sanctity of the living being and its life. This is due to the violations that can occur during biological and medical experiments, which requires the intervention of legal and ethical elements to control clinical experiments and reduce harm and pain, which led to the emergence of a new specialization in the field of philosophical research called bioethics.