Book details

  • Genre:science
  • Sub-genre:Ethics
  • Language:English
  • Pages:100
  • eBook ISBN:9798317847760

Professional Ethics and Ethical Awareness Across Disciplines

An Interview-Based Study of Professionals in Health and Life Sciences

By Paul Kim

Overview

This book explores how professionals across medicine, health and life sciences, and intellectual property law understand and enact ethical principles in contemporary practice. Based on in-depth interviews with 22 practitioners, it examines how ethical awareness is formed, interpreted, and applied in real-world professional contexts. The book highlights both field-specific ethical standards and shared challenges across disciplines, including emerging ethical issues, professional responsibility, and the relationship between expert norms and public expectations. By integrating perspectives from multiple professional domains, this work provides a comprehensive understanding of professional ethics as both a normative framework and a lived practice.
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Description

This book explores how professionals across medicine, health and life sciences, and intellectual property law understand and enact ethical principles in contemporary practice. Based on in-depth interviews with 22 practitioners from Biochemistry, Biophysical Research, Dermatology, Family Medicine, Aesthetic Medicine, General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Medicine, Obstetrics, Gynecology, Patent Attorney, Pediatrics, Physical Medicine, Rehabilitation, Plastic Surgery, Psychiatry, Surgical Pathology, and Urology, it examines how ethical awareness is formed, interpreted, and applied in real-world professional contexts. The book highlights both field-specific ethical standards and shared challenges across disciplines, including emerging ethical issues, professional responsibility, and the relationship between expert norms and public expectations. By integrating perspectives from multiple professional domains, this work provides a comprehensive understanding of professional ethics as both a normative framework and a lived practice.
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About The Author

Paul Kim is an author who explores and documents the value of human life and interaction with science. He believes that scientific progress must be accompanied by considerate ethical reflection and a societal moral responsibility. This book introduces in-depth interviews with experts from the fields of science, medicine, examining a broad range of ethical issues including bioethics, research ethics, and professional ethics. It brings together diverse perspectives shaped by the interviewees' disciplines, levels of expertise, and professional experience. Paul Kim is committed to continuing his research and documentation on the ethical challenges of scientific and technological age, with the goal of fostering meaningful dialogue on human dignity and moral responsibility.
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