title: [Ethical aspects in the treatment of females with cancer].
abstract: Ethical aspects in oncology are relevant in four areas: (1) professional competence, (2) patient information, (3) truth and (4) supportive attendance. Professional competence is the ethical imperative in oncology. Only it can mediate between the realms of humanity and technology for the doctor and patient. Extreme opinions on the topic of truth are wrong. Aiding patients in dying, in the sense of aiding them during the process of dying, is aiding them in living. Professional competence, medical responsibility, and humanity are the basis of medical handling. What the doctor does is therefore always concrete philosophy (Jaspers).
authors: Frauenklinik im Klinikum Grosshadern, München.
authors: H
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authors: Hepp
mesh_terms: D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005260:Female; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000523:psychology
vernacular_title: Ethische Aspekte in der Behandlung krebskranker Frauen.