title: Trends in the development of medical ethics in the USSR.
abstract: The study of professional ethics has a long tradition in the Soviet Union; medical ethics is a code of conduct as well as an academic discipline. The paper discusses the ethical issues in intensive care, the definition of death, abortion, euthanasia, and the moral aspects of medical mistakes.
authors: Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, USSR.
authors: G I
authors: GI
authors: Tsaregorodtsev
authors: Ivanyushkin AYa
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced; D001293:Attitude to Death; D026688:Bioethical Issues; D001675:Bioethics; D003148:Communism; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D004995:Ethics, Professional; D005065:Euthanasia; D028601:Euthanasia, Active; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D011247:Pregnancy; D012922:Social Change; D012935:Social Justice; D012945:Social Values; D014586:USSR; D026712:Value of Life