title: Principles of biomedical ethics.
abstract: Ethics is the application of values and moral rules to human activities. Bioethics is a subsection of ethics, actually a part of applied ethics, that uses ethical principles and decision making to solve actual or anticipated dilemmas in medicine and biology. This article focuses on the primary principles of biomedical ethics and their implications for physicians in the ED.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, USA.
authors.forename: K V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Iserson
mesh_terms: D032781:Codes of Ethics; D003657:Decision Making; D004635:Emergency Medicine; D017041:Ethics Committees; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006625:Hippocratic Oath; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D016743:Mental Competency; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D010819:Physician's Role; D012068:Religion and Medicine