Bioethics and armed conflict: mapping the moral dimensions of medicine and war.
Medical ethics in times of war are fundamentally different from those in times of peace. War brings military and medical values into conflict, often overwhelming other moral obligations, such as a doctor's charge to relieve suffering, in the face of military necessity.
Gross
Michael L
ML
School of Political Sciences, University of Haifa, Israel.
D001675:Bioethics; D002755:Choice Behavior / Q000941:ethics*; D016265:Conflict of Interest; D028663:Ethical Theory; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000941:ethics*; D008889:Military Personnel; D028681:Moral Obligations; D028701:Patient Rights; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D010819:Physician's Role; D010820:Physicians / Q000941:ethics*; D011057:Politics; D011329:Prisoners; D012649:Self Concept; D014480:United Nations; D014857:Warfare