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Ethics [r]: The branch of philosophy dealing with standards of good and evil. ^[e]

Conflict of interest [r]: Situation in which an individual might benefit personally from official or professional actions. It includes a conflict between a person's private interests and official responsibilities in a position of trust. ^[e]
Futile care [r]: Medical procedure or treatment that cannot achieve its stated goals or produce its expected benefits, regardless of repetition and duration of treatment. ^[e]
Informed consent [r]: Agreement, by the person affected or his surrogate, to make a knowledgeable decision consenting to participation in a medical treatment or research trial ^[e]
Neuroethics [r]: Add brief definition or description

Euthanasia [r]: The act of assisting in the death of an animal or patient, often to end suffering for an incurable disease; a painless death; sometimes called a mercy killing which may or may not be legal. ^[e]
Hastings Center [r]: Add brief definition or description
Hippocratic Oath [r]: An oath traditionally taken by physicians before practising medicine. ^[e]
Medical Law International [r]: Add brief definition or description
World Medical Association [r]: (WMA), founded on 17 September 1947, is an international organization representing physicians, through their national medical organization. ^[e]

Abortion [r]: The deliberate expulsion of an embryo or foetus from the womb for the purpose of ending a pregnancy. ^[e]
Bioethics of neonatal circumcision [r]: Add brief definition or description
Cloning [r]: The generation of genetically identical organisms, using cells derived from an original cell by fission (one cell dividing into two cells) or by mitosis (cell nucleus division with each chromosome splitting into two). ^[e]
Eugenics [r]: The general name for a series of ostensibly scientific claims about inheritance among humans, which sought to eliminate traits, such as "imbecility" or criminal behavior, by selective sterilization, regulation of family size, and restrictions on who could marry whom. ^[e]
Genetics [r]: The study of the inheritance of characteristics, genes and DNA. ^[e]

Many famous cases in medical ethics illustrate and helped define important issues.

↑ Milgram, Stanley (1963). "Behavioral Study of Obedience". Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology 67: 371–378. PMID 14049516. Full-text PDF.