title: Ethics in oncology: principles and responsibilities declared in the Italian Ragusa statement.
abstract: Cancer care involves many ethical issues. The need for more patient-centered healthcare together with the improved empowerment of every person diagnosed with cancer have been transposed by the Italian Association of Medical Oncology (AIOM) and eventually translated in the Ragusa statement. This position paper describes the philosophy that lies beneath this document and its fundamental principles.
authors: U.O.C. Oncologia Medica, Ospedale Sacro Cuore-Don Calabria, Negrar (Verona) - Italy.
authors: Stefania
authors: S
authors: Gori
authors: Oncologia Medica, IRCCS-Arcispedale Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia - Italy.
authors: Carmine
authors: C
authors: Pinto
authors: UO Ricerca e Innovazione, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma, Parma - Italy.
authors: Caterina
authors: C
authors: Caminiti
authors: SOC Oncologia, Azienda Ospedaliera, Vicenza - Italy.
authors: Giuseppe
authors: G
authors: Aprile
authors: IV Divisione Oncologia, Ospedale I.D.I., Rome - Italy.
authors: Paolo
authors: P
authors: Marchetti
authors: Unità Sperimentazioni Cliniche, Istituto Tumori-Fondazione Pascale, Naples - Italy.
authors: Francesco
authors: F
authors: Perrone
authors: Oncologia Medica, A.O. Ordine Mauriziano, Torino - Italy.
authors: Massimo
authors: M
authors: Di Maio
authors: Farmacia, Istituto Europeo di Oncologia, Milan - Italy.
authors: Emanuela
authors: E
authors: Omodeo Salè
authors: Presidenza Salute Donna, Milan - Italy.
authors: Annamaria
authors: A
authors: Mancuso
authors: Farmindustria, Rome - Italy.
authors: Maurizio
authors: M
authors: De Cicco
authors: S.C. di Oncologia Medica, A.O.U. Careggi, Florence - Italy.
authors: Francesco
authors: F
authors: Di Costanzo
authors: Dipartimento Oncologico, Usl 7-Centro Direzionale, Siena - Italy.
authors: Sergio
authors: S
authors: Crispino
authors: U.O. Medicina e Oncologia Medica, Azienda Istituti Ospitalieri, Cremona - Italy.
authors: Rodolfo
authors: R
authors: Passalacqua
authors: Oncologia Medica, A.O.S. Croce e Carle, Cuneo - Italy.
authors: Marco
authors: M
authors: Merlano
authors: Oncologia Medica 1, IRCCS, I.O.V., Padua - Italy.
authors: Vittorina
authors: V
authors: Zagonel
authors: U.O.C. di Oncologia Medica, Azienda Sanitaria, Florence - Italy.
authors: Luisa
authors: L
authors: Fioretto
authors: Oncologia, Istituto Tumori - Fondazione Pascale, Naples - Italy.
authors: Giovanni
authors: G
authors: Micallo
authors: Dipartimento di Oncologia ed Ematologia, Ospedali Riuniti, Bergamo - Italy.
authors: Roberto
authors: R
authors: Labianca
authors: S.C. Oncologia Medica, P.O. Garibaldi-Nesima, Catania - Italy.
authors: Roberto
authors: R
authors: Bordonaro
authors: Servizio di Oncologia, Ospedale Gradenigo, Turin - Italy.
authors: Alessandro
authors: A
authors: Comandone
authors: Direzione Generale Istituto Giano, Riano (Rome) - Italy.
authors: Sandro
authors: S
authors: Spinsanti
authors: Direzione Generale, Azienda Sanitaria Provinciale, Caltanissetta - Italy.
authors: Carmelo
authors: C
authors: Iacono
authors: Direzione Sanitaria Ospedale Sacro Cuore-Don Calabria, Negrar (Verona) - Italy.
authors: Fabrizio
authors: F
authors: Nicolis
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000941:ethics*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D010166:Palliative Care; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013727:Terminal Care