[Methodology for the ethical assessment of a clinical case].
The ethical evaluation of a clinical case is the application of general ethical principles to a real situation. Epicheia and Prudence are required to realized this goal. The moral sources of an human action are: a) the object of the action; b) the agent's intentions; c) general conditions. In this way, the ethical evaluation requires: a) the appropriate knowledge of the medical action; b) the knowledge of the ethical principles; c) the evaluation of the agent's intentions; d) to consider the global relational reality.
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D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans