ethical conflict

collocation in English

meaningsofethicalandconflict

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ethical
adjective
uk
/ˈeθ.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˈeθ.ɪ.kəl/
relating to beliefs about what is morally right ...
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conflict
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈkɒn.flɪkt/us
/ˈkɑːn.flɪkt/
an active disagreement between people with opposing opinions ...
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(Definition ofethicalandconflictfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In this case, the primaryethicalconflictis between the surrogate's autonomy and the physician's authority to override it on the grounds of medical futility.
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Current criticism approachesethicalconflictin managed care from the individual perspective of the physician - patient relationship.
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We suggest that the clinical ethicist begin the history of the perceivedethicalconflictby questioning the practitioner.
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It removed the whole idea ofethicalconflictby subordinating the whole of ethics to the superior authority of the state and law.
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It would be a difficultethicalconflictfor doctors to choose between prescribing the best treatment available for patients and prescribing the treatment that patients could afford.
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Wilkie has stated that he increasingly encounteredethicalconflictbetween his duty as an intelligence officer and his respect for the truth.
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As trainees strive to become "team players" their interactions with colleagues are frequent sources of ethical conflicts and quandaries.
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Few were familiar with medically relevant law, and many resolved ethical conflicts either on their own or by talking with equally uninformed colleagues.
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Nursing home staff attitudes to ethical conflicts with respect to patient autonomy and paternalism.
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Both theories, so he thinks, in their own ways begin and end with abstractions that ultimately do not help us solve the concrete, messy problems of ethical conflicts within community.
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Additional important work would be to clarify what steps clinicians should take to help resolve deep and persistent cross-cultural ethical conflicts.
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Because of cultural and ethical relativism, real estate business that is conducted across national boundaries may discover ethical conflicts.
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Ethical conflicts may emerge in the tension between responsibilities to the patient and duties to the command structure.
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The show was controversial regarding its exploration of current international affairs and its treatment of the ethical conflicts inherent in intelligence work.
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Based on social constructivist philosophy, the model operates as a consensus-building model, as the clinician addresses ethical conflicts through a process of negotiating to consensus.
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The political, personal, and ethical conflicts of the race between the public and private sectors in this effort have been documented in numerous books and articles.
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