Moral Obligations

"Moral Obligations" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Duties that are based in ETHICS, rather than in law.


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Below are the most recent publications written about "Moral Obligations" by people in Profiles.
  1. Downstream - Water Pollution, Health, and Medicine's Duty to Engage. N Engl J Med. 2024 Jul 04; 391(1):3-5.
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  2. The Problem Is Not (Merely) Mass Incarceration: Incarceration as a Bioethical Crisis and Abolition as a Moral Obligation. Hastings Cent Rep. 2023 Nov; 53(6):35-37.
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  3. Why They Took the Oath: A Spotlight on Resident Sacrifice During the Pandemic. J Neuroophthalmol. 2021 03 01; 41(1):1-5.
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  4. What Is Ethically Informed Risk Management? AMA J Ethics. 2020 11 01; 22(11):E965-975.
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  5. Personal Risk and Societal Obligation Amidst COVID-19. JAMA. 2020 Apr 28; 323(16):1555-1556.
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  6. Suspending Our Agenda: Considering What Will Serve When Confronting Ethical Challenges. AACN Adv Crit Care. 2020 Mar 15; 31(1):98-105.
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  7. Homelessness and the Practice of Emergency Medicine: Challenges, Gaps in Care, and Moral Obligations. Ann Emerg Med. 2019 11; 74(5S):S33-S37.
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  8. Should Researchers Offer Results to Family Members of Cancer Biobank Participants? A Mixed-Methods Study of Proband and Family Preferences. AJOB Empir Bioeth. 2019 Jan-Mar; 10(1):1-22.
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  9. Ethical Obligations Regarding Short-Term Global Health Clinical Experiences. Ann Intern Med. 2018 10 16; 169(8):589-590.
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  10. Psychosocial Correlates of Clinicians' Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Utilization. Am J Prev Med. 2018 05; 54(5):e91-e98.
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